Jared's eyes flashed with anger and his hand moved to the knife at his belt. "Marcus,are you really going to defend this suspicious bastard when we all know he's hiding something? He disappeared during the mission against the Lycan King and came back acting like nothing happened, which means he was either deserting or meeting with someone he shouldn't have been meeting with."

I kept my mouth shut even though I desperately wanted to defend myself against Jared's accusations. But explaining where ...