Chapter 119

Delilah

I kept my eyes on the windows. I watched her walk out of the house as I watched her leaving by herself. He was not going with her. Well, that was the start. I could use that to my advantage. He was going to be here. At least, I hope that he would.

What I wasn’t expecting, however, was for the door to open.

The room had been quiet all morning. I hadn’t left since she had played me the ways he did last night, giving me her silent warning before she left, wrapped in silence, her presence loud in my head. I hadn’t eaten, hadn’t moved, just stood by the window and watched the pack come to life like I was on the outside of it all.

Like I didn’t belong.

Technically, I did not, but I did not care. I was not here to belong. I was here to end the job. And once that job was done, I was just going to be out of this place. I was going to be sure that each and every one of them remembered me, but that I was not something or someone that they would be f