"Naddy, I-"
"I'm not done," I said gently. "Back then, I... I tried so hard to be on your side, to believe you. I kept telling myself and Delight that she was wrong. I thought that there was no way you would ever do that to me. That I meant more to you. That we were in love and she was wrong. But... she told me that you'd planned to leave your bed that night to go be with her, and then... I caught you in the hall telling her that I never meant a thing to you."
"Naddy, this is all a misunderstanding. I wasn't with her," he rushed out. "War had a meeting-"
"I know that too," I cut him off. "I heard him say it when he came to get you. But I still heard you, Calix. I heard every word you said to Delight in the hallway."
"Baby, I swear to you that I didn't mean any of it," Feral said, the w
