Crocodile Tears

Ruby's Pov

It was still baffling the words Tessa said to me. I’m still not sure if it was really her who said it or if something possessed her. The Tessa I knew would rather leap into a volcano than apologize to me—even if someone held a knife to her throat, she’d spit defiance until her last breath.

But the words she said… those soft, trembling words… they rattled me to my bones.

I walked side by