Chapter 40 : Downfall

*Charlotte*

“You need to fix this, Charlotte,” Alexander demanded ruthlessly. “So as soon as you are dry, go and apologize to Sarah.”

“Apologize?” I repeated, looking up at him with wide, stunned eyes. But I didn’t see understanding or compassion there, only a bitter cold that left me aching down to my bones.

He was right. I knew it just as well as he did. What I had done had risked everything for the pack - risked war and a total collapse of the peace between Blue Star and Dragon Wing but…

I wasn’t the one who had started this fight. I only finished it.

I bit my bottom lip hard, glaring at the floor below me. I couldn’t admit that I was wrong. I couldn’t kneel in front of Sarah and apologize for saying and doing what I did because I wasn’t sorry.