INTERROGATION 4

He slammed on the table so hard that everyone shook.

Even the owl itself was trembling.

"I said enough." He said. "Enough of all your bloody lies. Enough with the deception. All of it. Spying is an offense punishable by death."

She swallowed hard.

All eyes were now on her.

Triumph, relief and few stares of pity.

"You knowingly gave out information about this pack to your family so that they could gain an upper hand when it was time for me to exterminate them." He said.

She was crying so much now.

Her entire body was shivering.

It was like him being so kind to her was only a dream. It was like just a few hours had not happened when he had set his head against her chest and cried for the death of Eleanor.

It was like how he was so tender to her the night before had not happened.

It was as if he had not even kissed her forehead when she had woken up from the coma.

It was like none of it had occurred.