Chapter 9: Who are you?

ITHRA “For someone who is at the mercy of the alpha, you speak out of turn too often.” Azriel said as we trudged the hallways.  So he could speak? Maybe I needed to do things like this with Zadok more often, anything to get his moody beta to speak more often than growl.  Unable to hold my tongue, I fired back, “For someone who doesn't like me, you are speaking to me a lot more than usual.” “And why would you say I don't like you?” He spoke like it was the most bizarre thing he's heard in a while. “You didn't deny it.” I pointed out, He gave me a look I couldn't quite understand, “You are still alive and you are not in chains.” “Yeah, but no thanks to you.” I said, and he rolled his eyes, knowing there was no winning with me. When he didn't say anything, I continued. “Are you always like this or is this just me?” “It's just you.”  I didn't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that. And it did sound offensive.  “Care to explain what I did to warrant you treating me like dirt? Not that