CHAPTER 19
ARESFuck.
Fuck.
Fuck!
I ripped my claws into a tree and tore a fistful of bark right from it, hurling it into the lake. With a loud thunk, the bark sank into the water and forced the lake to ripple out. Thrusting my claws into the tree again, I hurled another piece.
And another.
And another.
And even another.
Fuck, I f*****g hated feeling this helpless. Charolette was stopping treatments and starting hospice next week. Nothing was working. I had tried everything under the sun, every stupid idea my f****d up head could think up. And still, it had come to this.
Pacing in front of the water, I shook my head and ran my hand through my hair. This couldn’t be how it ended for Charolette. I couldn’t watch her shrivel away, bruise every time someone touched her, and then die a
