Scarlett POV
I shifted farther away from Jaxen.
The elevator numbers kept changing.
I forced myself to breathe. I was done letting old memories control me.
But the anger was still there.
The wolfsbane hadn’t been mine. I had carried the blame for years. Jaxen had insulted me over it and humiliated me over it.
And the person who had actually done it had never paid the price.
That part still made my blood boil.
“Crazy.”
Jaxen turned toward me.
“Your floor is coming up. We...”
“I need to tell you something.”
The doors opened. My apartment was right there.
I stepped out. Then I looked back.
“I’m coming out.”
Jaxen followed.
I didn’t know whether Delaney was home yet, and I wasn’t about to invite him inside.
I stopped outside my door.
Then I turned. “Don’t you think
