Seeing red

She froze and watched in mounting horror as he reached into the flames, grabbed the remains of the herbs, and scattered them on the floor before her.

The ice in his tone as he practically spits the word at her fills her limbs. She backs away as he begins to close the distance, beginning to scramble, and whimpers as his claws dig into her shoulder painfully.

"You-!" She choked out, not used to even having a voice in this instance, she curled her lip and pined her ears against her skull, a flash of anger overcoming her fear.

"You decided to test me! You decided to make-" She struggled, and huffed, "I didn't betray you!" She yelled back with a weak fury, she didn't see it as a betrayal, she saw it as part of the game they had been playing!