“If you go in there alone, you’re giving them exactly what they want,” Cassian growled, his hand clamping down on my forearm like an iron vise.
“And if I stay out here with you, we both die when the Shadow Hunters arrive,” I shot back, yanking my arm against his grip. His skin burned hot against mine, the mate bond pulsing wildly through my blood, demanding I pull closer rather than pull away.
“Let me fight them,” Cassian said, stepping directly into my space. The dark entrance to the ancient passage loomed just inches behind me, blowing a bitter, stale draft against the back of my neck. His eyes burned with an intense, desperate light. “I can hold off a dozen of them. Fifty of them. Just don't step into that dark, Seraphine. Not where I can’t protect you.”
“You can’t protect me from wh
