"So you destroyed me instead."
"I set you free. You just couldn't see it at the time."
The vial felt heavy in my sleeve, and I could feel the lockpick pressing against my ankle. Everything was in place. All I had to do was make my move.
But first, I needed to hear him say it.
"The omega boy," I said quietly. "Jorin. You threatened his sister."
Kael's expression didn't change. "I did what was necessary."
"And if I told you he was dead? That he threw himself from the cliffs rather than live with what he'd done?"
Now there was a flicker of something—surprise, perhaps, or concern. "Is he?"
"What do you think?"
"I think you're trying to make me feel guilty for choices I don't regret."
"Are you sure about that?"
He stood abruptly, pacing to the small barred window. "It doesn't matter.
