#Chapter 86 - Slug

I brush hard at the tears on my cheeks, raising my chin, my canines elongating inside my mouth even as my lip trembles. “Juniper,” Blythe snaps, pointing authoritatively down at the ground like a master calling his dog to heel. “You need to be more reasonable about this. Just because you have money doesn’t mean that we would have access to it – selling our story was going to set us up for life! I didn’t want to take money from your father –“ “Enough,” I snarl, seeing through all the lies and taking a step towards him. Laila takes her hands from me as she inhales a long anxious breath. Behind me, Faiza, Orion, and Anton are all silent. “Juniper, I’m telling you right now –“ “I said enough!” I bark out, my words ringing through the Deadlands as I shoot a hand out towards Blythe, rage surging through my veins. No words come from Blythe’s mouth even as he continues to move his lips. At first he keeps going, stepping towards me, beginning to argue. But as he realizes that he’s