Michael Reese.
I sat on a couch alone, waiting for what seemed like hours. Hayden had left to check on Tyler, though he seemed like he wanted to stay with me. I urged him to go alone, afraid that Casey and Ryker probably didn’t want to see me.
In this large foyer, I was waiting for news about Brayzen. Though he was the Horned Serpent, he was still a kid; Jonathan’s child. I didn’t know that I had grown attached to that guy until now. Maybe because he made me feel welcomed, comfortable that I was now longing to belong somewhere.
All those present at the cave were with me in the room, but they all chose to conveniently stay as far away from me. I couldn’t blame them. In their eyes, I was still the deranged hunter who hated their kind.
But when did that change? I was still that hunter, a
