Chapter 36 : Silent farewell

MAXINE. I hate Yelena, and I can say that confidently now. The things she said to me were already foul, but the things she kept telling Theo were a whole different ballgame. So much so that what Theo is about to do is almost justified. I debate it, actually. I stand there for a while thinking about stopping Theo. Yelena deserves to be hurt for all the bad things she’s spouting, and that’s just simply not up to debate. Everything good inside me is telling me to step back and just let Theo give her what she deserves. But I care about him. His future flashes right in my eyes as time slows everything down. He would never personally recover from this. All of his achievements, all of his records, would taper down into this one moment and ruin his life for good. I don’t think he would just be locked in at the Unclaimed Camp if he did manage to harm Yelena. He would be imprisoned. Or worse, executed. So I make the last-minute choice of jumping in his way and tackling him down. However,