The lioness and the Lamb Chapter Four

Jyn/

I never went after her and it's been almost a week perhaps rationally I wanted her to have space. This gave me space as well to try and put my words together but I never could manage something so simple. That's when I realized I was trying to create the perfect excuse to ease the crime I committed against her heart. We speak but it's less than friendship and much shorter than strangers I would say. Everything comes back on me and I can't do anything to leave this quicksand holding me in place. Three days ago was when I received a wake-up call but perhaps that's not accurate to describe it. If I had taken her words more seriously maybe that would have prepared me but the fear I felt would have been the same either way, and the pain I feel now wouldn't be any lesser. Even recalling it makes my body twitch and flinch like it's recoiling on instinct from every impact it felt.

A friend who cares so deeply makes a stand against the unknown, fearlessly warning a lioness to cross the line set. But I never believed her words or level of love for Catherine so I brushed her words off. Then one day she found me and doesn't bother with words the first hit pushed me off balance. Even as my feet stumble trying to hold my body upwards my eyes met hers before I even turned to face her fully. I was ready to fight back but another hit came harder than the last pushing me back even further. That's when I saw her eyes full of empty rage which is the most dangerous kind because rage feeds off...