“This is insane! You need to listen to us, James!” Will protested.
“You can’t do this!” Carter exclaimed.
“And why not?” I challenged.
We were in the study that Sirrush had always used for our meetings. Now, my brothers stood before me. I had them brought here to discuss things calmly, but nothing was going as planned. What had happened to them?
“This is madness. You can’t kill Ashes, do you understand?” Carter implored. “It will devastate Laelia.”
“It will free her,” I countered.
Carter shook his head in disbelief.
“She loves him,” Carter explained. “We didn’t like him initially, but he makes Laelia happy.”
I sighed, leaning my head back slightly.
“Perhaps I should have left you in your rooms a bit longer to reconsider,” I suggested. “You clearly need time to adjust. Don’t you se
