CASSIA’S POV: "He's my friend! He was only trying to —“ My voice grew hoarse as the realization that he was truly going to suffer to death hit me. "— he was trying to protect me" I said, my eyes burning from the tears that I was currently holding. The alpha snarled and looked back at Marcus, he growled and steped into the cage, driving Marcus to go to the edge of the cave. Marcus was currently looking like a rat that had been cornered. "Protect you from what!?" The alpha asked while consciously snarling and showing more fangs at a now trembling Marcus. "He thought I was in danger and he was protecting me from Lucius. He thought Lucius was an attacker" even while been faced between helping Marcus and nailing Lucius to a cross, I still chose to evade the parts where Marcus actually thou

