Blair POV "If it isn't the useless mutt that almost got Ashton killed" Brynn sneered, blocking me on the stairs as I stared up at her brazenly. Ashton was standing with her, looking resolutely at me, his jaw tight, his eyes narrowed, and his arm tightly held around Brynn's waist. I could hear pack members whispering behind me, as well as omega's as they blatantly eavesdropped on what was going on. Brynn had deliberately chosen to block me at the foot of the stairs, near the front entrance, where her and Ashton's voices would carry the most. "If it isn't the coward that ran away and left me to die" I snarled back, Brynn rearing back at the insult. "As if I would risk my life for a worthless creature like you" she snapped, regaining her composure. I eyed her "You would think as a so