Coward
He hated the word.
Out of all the things he was called it hurt the worst
Traitor, Jerk, Your Betrayal… These words were only gnats buzzing around his mind.
Coward, however, dug into his skin, burying itself deep in his mental barriers. A deep piercing pain compared to the buzzing of words that were only true.
He was not a coward. Traitor… yes. He never meant to be one but that was how this path went. All the wrong turns for all the right reasons.
He was not a coward.
The only time he ran, it took more strength to leave her than to stand with her.
Luke Castellan has never been a coward.