“So,” Jace smirked, slouching against the iron bars. “Who wants to walk in and tell me why my brothers are bleeding on the floor with our human stepsister? I mean, it‘s nice to be included, but I feel kind of like the odd one out here.”
The freezing air in the dungeon dissipated, and a sudden, stifling tension took its place.
Kaelen was suddenly on his feet, the bulk of his giant body completely blocking me. Caleb sprang instantly to his side, his golden eyes blazing fiercely. In all their lives the two rivals had never stood shoulder to shoulder until now, united in the blood oath they had just sworn in my name.
“Jace, go." Kaelen‘s voice was a dark, deadly sound rolling off the stone walls. “It‘s not your business.”
Jace laughed, a deep velvet noise that made me shiver, body to soul.
