Chapter 169. I Would Rather Be Dead and Buried

Tristan

"But you were unconscious," Athena said, her voice rising to match mine and I could hear the desperation threading through every word. "You were hurt and bleeding and the doctors didn't know if you were going to wake up."

I watched Orion from the corner of my eye and saw his jaw clenching, saw the way his hands had curled into fists at his sides, saw him working hard to keep his own anger contained.

But I didn't understand why they were all acting like I was the one overreacting, like I was being unreasonable when all I'd done was point out the obvious danger she'd put herself in.

"So you decided to play god," I said, and the words came out sharp and cutting. "You decided to use powers we don't understand, powers we have no idea how they work or what they cost, you decided to channel magic or whatever the hell it is through your pregnant body without thinking about what it might do to you or to our babies."

The statement hung in