"She's my ex."
Garrett gave a dark, uncharacteristic laugh. The kind that sounded like it had been sitting in storage, collecting dust and resentment. "The most stressful four months of my life. And I escaped Frostborne."
Agnes's head snapped up. Serena's did too. Their jaws dropped at the exact same time, in the exact same way, a synchronized reaction so identical it was physically uncomfortable for both of them.
Serena ignored it. Because she would never be friends with Agnes Viremont-Darkhowler. Ever. Even if she defended her once. Even if she called her a friend in a hallway. That woman calling her "friend" was a glitch in the matrix.
"Why would you ever date her?" Agnes asked, blunt as a brick. "She's a bitch."
Garrett gave her a flat look.
Agnes was not deterred. "I have a fated matebond. What's her excuse?"
"Fin's endorsement of his cousin."
