章 48: Chapter 48: Connected

Jude stands over Arthur's still form and transforms back into a human.

"Get out of here. I never want to see your face again."

Arthur, still in wolf form, doesn't move. "You won't even finish the job? How cruel are you?"

"I won't kill you."

"Why?" Arthur screams, instantly in human form again. "I can't be alone again. I won't survive it. Killing me is the most merciful thing you can do."

Jude steps back, face reeling with fear.

Grayson takes a deep breath and approaches the two. He sits down next to Arthur. "Tell me what your parents were like, when they were alive."

Arthur huffs, eyes still wild with anger. “What is this, pity? Save it. Kill me, leave me to rot, anything but sympathy from someone like you.”

Grayson’s face is devoid of emotion. “It isn’t pity, and you definitely haven’t earned my sympathy. You said you knew me all too well. Well, that makes two of us. Now, are you going to tell me or not?”