Penelope clenched her jaw as she waited for Crow to respond. The moment of silence that seemed to drag on killed her as she waited for an explanation. The knight prepared herself to deal with whatever lie he was going to tell her now. She had caught him, but that didn't mean he was just going to give up. Crow could be a stubborn after all. Unfortunately for him, she was done falling for his lies. 

As he finally spoke, she let out a scoff at his excuse. "Even if that was the truth, it wasn't your only choice!" she snapped out of frustration. "You could have told me. We could have figured a way to use his threat against him. You could have made your own choice! Not just roll over to the will of someone else." The knight shook her head and took a step back from him. She had to remind herself that he was probably lying to her again. The strain in his voice had nearly been enough for her to trust his words. 

"I don't know why I'm even bothering... You're probably just lying again." her voice cracked slightly and suddenly she couldn't bring herself to look at him. "Because it sure sounded like you had a choice when you asked to get in on the deal with Younis. First signs of the war going south and you hurry off to join the enemy. You may have learned how to fight, but you're a coward."  

She finally lifted her gaze to shoot him an accusing look only to crumble slightly at the sight of him. As she looked at him, she felt a fresh stab of pain, worse than any injury she had received. She loved him so much and yet, he had turned on her.  The knight removed her hand from the hilt of her sword. Even in her current pain and rage, she knew she couldn't bring herself to use it against him. Tears began to stream down her cheeks again and the knight felt her lip quiver as she tried to restrain herself from crying.

"Gods I'm a fool.." she choked out between the tears. "I trust you. After every lie and secret, I still trusted you... I just.. I don't understand.. Has anything you told me been truthful?"