*Cayden*
I saw the very moment that I pushed her too far. But too far was exactly where she needed to be. She had been someone before, someone with the tenacity to rival a wolf, even when she had been human.
And sitting in front of me now she was so . . . weak. I couldn’t abide by it. So I pushed her. I needed to see that fire in her. The fire of a Queen who once had run her own empire.
With a snarl, she leapt out of her seat and towards me; her eyes aglow and feral. But I hadn't been exaggerating when I told her that the bitten were weaker than the pure-bred. It was a fact. I saw her coming towards me and caught her mid jump, dodging her attack neatly and catching her arm in mine.
I twisted her arm behind her back, pulling her back up close against my chest so she couldn’t reach me. S
