Wraith's dark, feathery hair whipped around her face as she ran through the night-black forest, panic written in every caliber of her being. Branches slapped at her skin mercilessly, the creaking of the trees and groaning of the wind seeming to speak to her.
Betrayal...
She betrayed you...
You should have killed her when you had the chance...
Traitor...
Traitor...
TRAITOR!
Her skull hummed, full to the brim with thoughts of Crow.
Her contract.
The traitor.
Wraith fell to the bare, hard ground, a chokingly dry sob threatening to spill into tears. She squeezed her eyes shut, mind racing.
Why did it have to hurt this much?
She'd suffered from the disloyalties of others, many times over. And yet, Crow had seemed...
Had seemed...
Different.
I was a fool to trust her. To think she wouldn't let me down.
It was all because of that stupid boy! If he hadn't been there, filling Crow's mind with lies and doubts, none of this would have happened!
I'll get my revenge on him. On all of them.
Wraith's eyes slowly opened, the pupils mere specks of darkness in her yellow irises.
Yes.
My revenge.
For the first time in quite a while, a cocky, cruel smile crossed her lips.
What a lovely, lovely thought.
