Lucas and Axel spent a few seconds just staring at each other. Neither of them seemed ready to point out the obvious.
“Axel…” Lucas sighed, when the moment crossed over the line of disapproving silence into just plain awkward.
“I’m sorry, man.” Axel said quietly. He couldn’t look his brother in the eyes and focused on the floor tiles instead. “I just wanted to protect Cas,” Lucas came closer, wrapping his fingers round one of the bars when he peered down at Axel between the gaps.
“I guessed as much,” Lucas replied. “Problem is, they have a lot more on you than that, Axel. You know that.”
Axel didn't care about the amount of trouble he was in. All he cared about was getting out and making sure Cassandra was safe. He already suspected Cassandra was coming into heat again. It was probabl
