#Chapter 23: Taking the Blame

Aria Darren looked furious. I felt my heart quicken, no longer at the sight of his bare torso flecked with sweat and fake snow, but at the sight of the anger in his eyes. But to my surprise, he turned away from me and looked at Liam instead. “I can understand her making a mistake like that, since she doesn’t know anything about our kind,” he said through grit teeth, “but you, Liam? You should have known better.” Liam’s eyes widened slightly. “I—” “I don’t want to hear any excuses.” Darren set Lucas down and grabbed his shirt off of a nearby boulder, slipping it on over his head. “You know that Lucas has never tried sugar before. And you know what sugar can do to a pup his age. How could you let this happen?” Incredulous, I turned to Liam as well, who was silent. Since the beginning, I’d gotten a sense that Liam knew more than he was letting on. When he’d said that it would be fine for Lucas to have sugar, he didn’t seem to think very hard about it.