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you already are! teya almost snapped. her jaw tensed; she held it shut and took a long breath.
it was reyes' next blunt statement that brought her head snapping toward him, eyes incredulous and still glittering with tears. had he truly just said that aloud? the sentiment was shared, but teya still was shaken with a rootless sense of shock that twisted in her already delicate gut.
eventually she was presented with the red lines of his back. the raven's ears pinned against her skull in anger and shame and hurt. he blamed her.
reyes blamed her.
it did not matter what he felt. teya cleared her throat, sniffed back the last of the saltwater, and padded away from him in tense sharp strides that suggested he should not follow.