Forced Withdrawals [Nox's Building]

[Hayden]

Hayden sighed. "It's not about noble intentions, Tatyana. I don't really give a fuck if you like him or not, but Kenzie is fucking alive because he killed her mom. She was bitten. She was turning. Should he have let her near her kids, let her bit them, turn them, probably kill them because she was knew and hungry? You don't know the story, you don't ask. You take the word of a ten year old child who only saw the ending. Of course she's hurt." Hayden's voice was filled with venom. "You can hate him cause he's an arrogant prick. You can hate him because everything's a joke to him. There are a billion fucking things you could hate him for. He nor I really give a fuck. But they don't just admire him here. He saved nearly every fucking person in this house. He saves people who don't want saving, he does it because that's what he does. He doesn't think about himself at all in this, and he doesn't care if you hate him."

Hayden pulled away and started pacing a few steps from the bed and back. "I'm about to hurt Kenzie, Tatyana. You gonna not trust me, not like me because of it? She stole a gun and was threatening the life of someone I care about. Nox is too fucking nice, too invested in her liking him. He would let her fucking shoot him, you know that right? He's teaching her how to fight so that she can hurt him in the end. That's her end goal, and he still helps. So please hate him but hate him for the right fucking reasons."

Hayden walked around the bed towards the bathroom. "I'm not pissed at your. You just... pushed a button I wasn't ready to deal with." He didn't close the door, but he turned on the sink and let the water run. Probably should concerve water too but he didn't care right then.