RENNA'S POVThe dungeon air grew thick with Samuel's sobs and the scent of fear. Blair's knife hand hovered, ready to carve out the traitor's tongue as I stood frozen, my hand still resting on Blair's arm.Before he could cut it, out of the blue he went rigid.His gold eyes glazed over for a fraction of a second, the unmistakable sign of a mindlink. His jaw clenched so hard I saw a muscle leap beneath his skin then the knife trembled in his grip, not from hesitation, but from the force of whatever message was searing through his skull."No," he growled under his breath. Not to me but to whoever was on the other end of the link.Samuel whimpered, pressing himself flatter against the stone floor, sensing the shift in his Alpha's energy but not understanding it.Blair's gaze snapped back into focus. He looked at me, really looked at me and for the first time since we'd entered this dungeon, I saw something other than rage in his eyes. Something that might have been reluctance."Get him
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