me back to normal but at this point I was beyond caring. People had some explaining to do. Setting my jaw I continued my search for my buddy Cole.
From the corner of my eye I saw him running towards the dining hall, a slow twisted smile spread across my lips as I jogged after him. I kicked the doors open and scanned the area, I found him cowering in a corner like a little sissy bitch and I knew that the cowering was just for show, there is no way that this douche canoe was scared of little ol’ me. I jumped from table to table until I landed in front of him grabbing him by the throat and picking him up off the floor slamming him into the wall. His hands came up and wrapped around my wrists as his eyes widened.
I didn’t recognize my own voice when I spoke and he must not have either for his eyes got wider. “Why betray your people?” I tightened my hand around his throat. “Why side with the enemy?” He wasn’t answering me so I slammed his head against the wall wrangling a painful moan from between his parted lips.
“Cora!” My name rang out through the building and I turned my head slightly to look over my shoulder at the source.
Chapter 17
Caden slowly made his way towards us with his hands up and palms out, what did he think I was going to do, blow a stream of fire up his ass? Cole wiggled under my hold and it made me grip his throat tighter. There was no way that I was going to let this asshole get away from me and I wasn’t going to let Caden try to get me to let him go. Cole had a lot of explaining to do. Caden stopped a few feet from me and sat on the edge of a nearby table and his eyes never once left mine, he never gave Cole a second glance. He crossed his arms over his chest and got comfy.
“Looks like you’re in a predicament.” I tipped my head to the side in confusion. “You can either crush his wind pipe or you can calm down and let him go so he can explain to us what’s going on.” He shrugged like it didn’t matter. “It’s your choice either way love.”
Did I want to kill him or did I want to let him go? Two very good questions. I struggled with my decision and in the long run decided to let go of him. Very slowly my fingers loosened from around his neck and the heat within and around me reseeded until it was back in its rightful place deep inside me. I didn’t back away from him because I didn’t want to give him the chance to run off. I glanced at Caden over my shoulder. He didn’t look at me like I was some kind of freak, he looked at me with a kind of longing. I turned my attention back to Cole.
“Start talking.”
He rubbed his throat. “You won’t like it.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Talk!” I spit out between clenched teeth.
“Very well…let me sit first.”
I kept my eyes on him as he crept around me to sit down on the bench closest to Caden, he ran his fingers through his hair and let out a loud sigh.
“I didn’t mean for it to get this way and before you ask…no I’m not secretly an assassin. Was I born among them? Yes I was, but my mother fled with me when I was a child. Too young to remember it. My mother told me all about the assassins, shifters and guardians. She told me what the assassins did so I spent most of my years protecting the shifters.” He looked at Caden. “My brother was the one who attacked your parents.”
I grabbed Caden’s arm to stop him from getting his hands on Cole, when he sat back down with his fists balled, Cole arched a brow at us and a thoughtful looked crossed his face before he continued.
“I didn’t know until after the fact, but Cora’s family was a different story.” He looked at me with an apologetic look. Caden’s hand clamped down on my leg to keep me from moving. I don’t think I could move even if I wanted to, I was
From the corner of my eye I saw him running towards the dining hall, a slow twisted smile spread across my lips as I jogged after him. I kicked the doors open and scanned the area, I found him cowering in a corner like a little sissy bitch and I knew that the cowering was just for show, there is no way that this douche canoe was scared of little ol’ me. I jumped from table to table until I landed in front of him grabbing him by the throat and picking him up off the floor slamming him into the wall. His hands came up and wrapped around my wrists as his eyes widened.
I didn’t recognize my own voice when I spoke and he must not have either for his eyes got wider. “Why betray your people?” I tightened my hand around his throat. “Why side with the enemy?” He wasn’t answering me so I slammed his head against the wall wrangling a painful moan from between his parted lips.
“Cora!” My name rang out through the building and I turned my head slightly to look over my shoulder at the source.
Chapter 17
Caden slowly made his way towards us with his hands up and palms out, what did he think I was going to do, blow a stream of fire up his ass? Cole wiggled under my hold and it made me grip his throat tighter. There was no way that I was going to let this asshole get away from me and I wasn’t going to let Caden try to get me to let him go. Cole had a lot of explaining to do. Caden stopped a few feet from me and sat on the edge of a nearby table and his eyes never once left mine, he never gave Cole a second glance. He crossed his arms over his chest and got comfy.
“Looks like you’re in a predicament.” I tipped my head to the side in confusion. “You can either crush his wind pipe or you can calm down and let him go so he can explain to us what’s going on.” He shrugged like it didn’t matter. “It’s your choice either way love.”
Did I want to kill him or did I want to let him go? Two very good questions. I struggled with my decision and in the long run decided to let go of him. Very slowly my fingers loosened from around his neck and the heat within and around me reseeded until it was back in its rightful place deep inside me. I didn’t back away from him because I didn’t want to give him the chance to run off. I glanced at Caden over my shoulder. He didn’t look at me like I was some kind of freak, he looked at me with a kind of longing. I turned my attention back to Cole.
“Start talking.”
He rubbed his throat. “You won’t like it.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Talk!” I spit out between clenched teeth.
“Very well…let me sit first.”
I kept my eyes on him as he crept around me to sit down on the bench closest to Caden, he ran his fingers through his hair and let out a loud sigh.
“I didn’t mean for it to get this way and before you ask…no I’m not secretly an assassin. Was I born among them? Yes I was, but my mother fled with me when I was a child. Too young to remember it. My mother told me all about the assassins, shifters and guardians. She told me what the assassins did so I spent most of my years protecting the shifters.” He looked at Caden. “My brother was the one who attacked your parents.”
I grabbed Caden’s arm to stop him from getting his hands on Cole, when he sat back down with his fists balled, Cole arched a brow at us and a thoughtful looked crossed his face before he continued.
“I didn’t know until after the fact, but Cora’s family was a different story.” He looked at me with an apologetic look. Caden’s hand clamped down on my leg to keep me from moving. I don’t think I could move even if I wanted to, I was
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