Remo c****d his head aside. “What is it, Zantry?”
“I said. Let, her go.”
“Why would I do that?”
Zantry gasped out a word, and I took a step forward, paused when Remo's energy grabbed me by the throat. Blood gushed faster through the slashes on my neck, and I thrashed, trying to pull back, the energy tightening. The moment I stopped struggling, the energy chokehold around my neck eased.
“What do you have that I want?” Remo asked.
“I. will. Go willingly.”
Remo Drammen fell silent, his dark eyes studying his fallen kin before shifting to study me. He sniffed in my direction, his energy spreading all over me, caressing and burning. I took a step back, my knees buckling. Mwara reappeared behind Remo, shifted to her human form and stepped to my side, guarding me. Remo's energy retreated fr
