The False Hero

Raina

The crash of the wine glass still hung in the air when Daphne reappeared in the doorway, her face streaked and furious, apparently unwilling to let the rest of us finish destroying her reputation without her standing there to hear every word of it.

"I'm not done," she said, her voice raw. "You don't get to say all of that and then let me walk out while everyone just stands here agreeing with