Giving in but not giving up

Brandon

"Baby, do not go with him," I hear his voice and it breaks my heart.

I have to choose.

Do I let him fight to the death or go with the man I loathe?

I turn around slowly, and he is on his knees. The claw marks he got from Nathanial are healing but the blood stains remain.

Nathanial outnumbered them. He is stronger, angrier and unfortunately, he is smarter than all of us. I walk over to him, but my father stops me mid-way.

"Do not test me, Brandon," he warns.

I take a deep breath. I should have never come back to the coven. I should have stayed in the renegade pack with Nathanial. I had a plan. I was going to do the ritual.

I was supposed to outsmart him.

That is the only way he can actually win this.

"I just want to say goodbye."