Chapter 81: Control

Cassian was enraged.

“Brother?” he asked, tilting his head. He touched the side of his head, which was bleeding, and then wiped his blood on his pants.

“I told you to stop,” Felix said, using the same voice he’d used earlier. “This isn’t going to continue. I’ve had enough.”

“You’ve had enough?” Cassian asked in disbelief. “What about me, who spent centuries rotting inside a cage, starving to death? Do you think there’s such a thing as ‘enough’?”

“I won’t let you use Jade,” he stated. “Our plan was different before. This would have all been done with her consent. But now, it’s done. It didn’t work. We should all move on.”

Cassian paced back and forth, pointing a finger at Felix and then putting it back down. He was still holding me, and I had to admit that I felt very much safe standing next to him, and I knew that he wouldn’t let his brother put his hands on me again.

He’d stopped it, and that was what mattered to me.

“You’re choosing this whore over me?” he asked. “Is that what t