“What the hell was that?” Cane demanded, shoving my shoulder and then punching me hard in the chest. “Why did you do that?”
I grinned slightly despite the pain. “That’s part of training him for resistance.”
Cane stared at me like I had lost my mind. “That’s not training, Caden, and you know it,” he snapped. “Nothing, no kind of training, is going to ease Gunnar. You’re just provoking him, and you know it could be fatal when you do that.”
He was right. I knew he was right. I nodded slowly, the smile fading from my face.
“I know,” I said. “But he can’t afford to lose control. Not now at crucial moments, I was just testing him.”
Cane looked past me toward the building. “We’re taking Riley back to Obsidian Veil,” he said firmly. “Whether Father likes it or not. She’s ours to protect.”
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