Aspen misreads my silence, eyes going steely. He takes a step back from me, then another, shaking his head. “No. When it all comes down to it, you’re just a lying human.” He turns on his heel and stalks toward the door. Agony, rage, and terror surge through me. “You don’t mean that,” I call after him, painfully aware of how my voice trembles. “Don’t walk away from me.”
