165 : I See Who You Are

In the end Ashtelle turned her back on her husband and wept silently. She tried to hold back her tears, it didn't work. Even when she tried to hold back the sound of her crying, it escaped some. William could see that his favorite woman's shoulders were shaking, but she again swallowed her tears and turned away with a mask of obstinacy that had not been put on perfectly.

"So, what's your answer to my first question, William?" asked Ashtelle, making William think back to the woman's first question.

William gave a small smile. "Cleaning things up," William replied, briefly.

"Are you going to help Victor? Or choose Verlaine?"

"I can't vote for Verlaine, Ash. After all, he's no longer part of my group. I must be a firm leader of my pack, for my pack." William paused for a moment, almost making Ashtelle think the opposite. "But I can't help Victor with this either."

"Why?"

"Because this battlefield is his." When she heard that, Ashtelle remained silent as she looked deeply into her h
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