(Rigel)
"Nothing worse than what she did to you," he answers evasively.
He is avoiding answering me, hiding whatever has happened.
Is he afraid that I will judge him?
A man's ego is magnanimous and he never wants to admit to things that shatter the illusion of him being all mighty and manly.
"You need to tell me what that vile woman did to you. How she destroyed your life, mine, Alnilam's. What are you so afraid of?" I bristle at him. The tears burn the back of my eyes.
The hatred that burns inside me is a seething abyss which I am afraid will engulf the people I love and me, if I don't deal with it.
How is Saiph so unaffected?
"Rigel, it's not going to change anything but bring pain. I am not going to do that," he says with the finality of an older brother. Although he might be only a few minutes older than me.
"Aren't you angry? Don't you want to pull her heart out of her chest? How are you so fucking calm?" My outrage is unfiltered and I continue. He lets me.
