IJ

ir King bound in chains like some common pri

was how in the hell I'd ended up in White Crescent territory in the first place. Honestly, I didn't have a good answer. I'd been

knew who I was before they decided to string me up. I couldn't let Lisa get what she w

olf. Silence greeted me. "Wake u

e finally filtered through. "Second, that's

eded you? We should've taken those guards down. Maybe

ences. Sometimes I wondered if he truly grasped what it

ome things about Adriana. And giving you space

have tim

would I need to

e's your ma

ody was listening to a damn word I said

I swear

s, Elijah. She's

t it the instant I laid eyes on

r. I could barely pick up on her presence, but I knew she was there. That's the

I actually sat down. I'd known Ezra long enough to tell when he wa

ever put myself through that again. Yet here I was, separated by prison b

eally is

t a defea

hide like that. God, I can only imagine ho

Ezra. We have no idea if thi

hy the h

oo many reas

ring cell, soft and uncertain. I was on my feet in

right

release a

ss is my fault. I never mean

er doing, that she bore no responsibility for the situation,

in her wake. It had taken years to climb out of that darkne

y," I sai

ted bastard," Ezra

e wasn't the one who'd live

te so much that she actu

r her to answer, but I needed to u

quietly. "I should have be

lutely nothing. I wanted to say all of that, but I kept my mouth shut. I couldn't gi

before the new scents registered and the realization that she

aughed, the s

, sweetheart. We're her

ed towar

d. Perfect. I'd been dying to

ice rang out desperately. "I'll do whatever

did Lisa have over her? It was infuriating how quickly sh

for my sake. She had a genuinely soft heart. The way she kept put

n handle it?" One of them stepped closer to her cell. He had a s

at he was implyin

nger on her and I wi

ack at me. I just needed

u think you can do

ed his shirt and drove his face straight into the iron bars. While he was st

can do from i

, but enough to make them think twice. Pretty sure

son o

eps echoed as someone approached. Probably that ba

re doing? Release him immediatel

na

had ar

tered to the corners like the cowards they were. They knew damn well who I

e are they taking you?" The pan

driana. I'll come bac

ver her face, so I reached through the ba

s. She expected me to be like everyone close to her. It wasn't hard to s

and spoke while she was starin

let go of Adriana's hand and cleared my throat. The look the form

now I have an alp

e the cowards presse

will slaughter every last one of you. And then I'll raz