The chamber temperature seemed to drop another degree.
“How long?”
“Since the clearing.”
“And you said nothing.”
“I was trying to understand it before I used it.”
The wrong word.
Her eyes flashed violet. “Used?”
Camron finally looked at her then, something raw and frustrated in his face.
“I meant protect.”
“You meant exactly what you said.”
The Warden laughed low and pleased. “Break them further. It saves time.”
Azaliyah’s mark burned hot as fury surged through her. She pointed at the creature without looking away from Camron.
“Kill it,” she said coldly. “Before I decide you’re next.”
Something dangerous flashed across Camron’s face. Hurt first. Then anger. Then a colder thing that looked too much like resolve.
“Fine.”
White light erupted from his body. He moved before the
