Shadows erupted beneath my feet as my chair scraped violently against the floor as I stood. “You command nothing.”
Lightning forked up the walls.
The chamber lights flickered. And with a slash of my hand, George’s head rolled across the floor.
Claudia gasped, grabbing the table to steady herself.
Remus finally spoke, voice calm but edged with anger and a hint of fear. “Trent. Control yourself.” His jaw tightened. “You’re going to clean up that mess.” He grimaced in distaste at the pool of blood growing on the floor. “Sheisa threat, and without her, we have no control over Adelaide’s Faction.”
“She is MINE!”
Silence.
Pulsing.
Heavy.
Terrified.
Remus was the only one who dared meet my eyes. “Is the serum working? Is the bond still strong?”
Thatmotherfucker. I’d told him to keep that confidential. I should have known he’d not abide by my wishes. He still thoughthis control of me was absolute and that Ubel and Selene were holding my chains.”
“No.”
Claudia’s lips thinned, and she squeaked out. “Then take more.”
“I have,” I growled. “Every damn hour. It makes it worse.”
Claudia trembled. “Worse how?”
I stalked toward her. “Worse, like I can feel her screaming at someone right now. Worse, like the bond wants to rip out of me. Worse, like Torren is clawing at the edges of my skull.”
Claudia backed away until she hit the stone wall. “I—I didn’t mean?—”
“I know,” I said sweetly, “because you don’t think.”
She slid down the wall, hyperventilating.
Remus’s expression didn’t change. “Then we accelerate the plan. Find her. Bind her. Use her.”
Something inside me snapped.
Lightning exploded outward. The table split down the middle. Claudia shrieked. Sylvester dove under a chair. Even George’s body twitched on the floor.
I didn’t give a fuck.
Turning to Remus—my brother—the man who thought he owned me. “You cannot bind her,” I growled. “You won’t touch her unless I allow it.”
“Youarelosing control. Everything we’ve worked for will be destroyed if you don’t pull yourself together.” Remus spoke softly.
I grinned—feral and fractured. “Finally.”
“Finally, what?” Remus was confused.
The bond surged?—
Hard.
