“Did you do this?” Kass snapped.
The sharpness of his words made me flinch.
My mate glared. “Answer me right now.”
“Yes.”
The silence in the air felt as deep and cold as a grave. Wordlessly, Kass approached me. His shoulders were stiff, his expression tense. As if to soothe myself, I pressed Angel closer to my chest. She had stopped crying, presumably out of shock.
“How could you do this?” Kassius asked, his voice low. When I didn’t reply, he barked, “How?”
I flinched. “Kass, he was trying to hurt me!AndAngel!”
“Halo, you killed him. You’re a murderer.” The word sounded evil on his tongue, sharp and venomous, like cutting through flesh - and as soon as he said it, I knew our relationship would never be the same.
“I had to!” I shouted, filled with fear and anxiety. “I had to, Kass, you don’t understand!”
“No, I don’t,” he muttered.
His hand grabbed me firmly by the upper arm and began leading me back silently into the Cinderhollow barrier.
“What are you doing?” I asked. I couldn’t hold back the quiver in my voice. “Kass?”
He didn’t reply.
“Kassius,whatare you doing?”
“I’m doing what I should have done a long time ago,” he said quietly. “I’m turning you into the Knights.”
* * *
I exhaled a deep breath,and opened my eyes to face Kass in the present day. “And I’m sure you know the rest.”
