ELRETH
"I don't think you understand—" she started.
Dargyn shook his head. "No, you don't understand. If you go after him you put the power back in his hands and he doesn't deserve it."
"Power to do what?" she said, not giving him space as he crowded her, though she suddenly wasn't so excited about being close to him just then.
"You don't have to win Aaryn back," he said, his gaze fierce. "I know you're mad. You should be. He shouldn't have done that. It was disrespectful and… and it shows that he's just selfish. So… don't go after him. Make him come after you. And make him pay."
Elreth pulled her head back. Dargyn wasn't usually so aggressive. "Any conversation I have with Aaryn won't be about paying for this. It'll be… I need to understand—"
"Do you? Isn't it enough that he did it? That he was willing to do that?"