CARDANI should have killed him. I wanted to kill him.But when he stumbled back, and I saw her pressed against the wall, trembling, wide-eyed, my fury fractured.I saw the way she looked at me. With pity. With shame.I straightened, blood dripping from my claws, my chest heaving. I turned to Caleb.“Take her. Take your wife. And get out of my sight.”He blinked, staggered, stunned. But then his hand reached for her.“Fucking bastard!”He was flung across the room towards the door that splintered into nothing as he landed on it.“Take your wife Demi and leave!”He scrambled off the floor and dragged himself away, muttering some curse words. All I wanted to do in the moment was to have him stay in the dungeon.I heaved, my chest burning like fire in a furnace, the room spinning with the scent of blood and betrayal. My claws retracted slowly, aching as though they, too, resisted leaving the fight behind.Now it was just her. And me.She stood frozen against the wall, trembling, her face
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