Traitor to the Cause

by Keeper of Tomes

Once a traitor, always a traitor." The words bit. They stung his skin, like needles. Millions of tiny, razor sharp needles. He glared at the speaker with needless fury. And the speaker glared back...Drabbles, again. It has a plot, this time!

2. How?

"I don't...I can't...I don't..."

She's in shock. Obvious shock.

"I didn't think...Oh my God, this is bad," she concludes.

He glances at her. His eyes automatically flip up towards the sky. "What in the world led you to that conclusion?"

"But...How COULD she?" She sets the journal down. "After all you've done for her."

He's silent.

She worries he hasn't heard her and starts to repeat the question, when...

"I guess...I never meant that much to her in the first place." And he turns away.