"Don't look at her," Evan says, and his voice has dropped to something lethal. "You look at me. Whatever this is, it's between us. Leave her out of it."
"But I can't, cousin. That's rather the point." Cass's smile doesn't waver. "She's not incidental to this. She's central to it. Surely you've worked that out by now. The clever little human certainly has." His eyes stay on me, cold and amused. "You've built quite a case against me, haven't you, Anna. Oh, don't look surprised. I don't know the details, you've been frustratingly careful, but I know you've been digging, I know you've turned my own people, I know you're building toward something. I can smell industry on you. It's almost admirable. It would be admirable, if it weren't so futile."
My heart is slamming, but I hold his gaze, bec
