Killian stepped closer, his presence bearing down like a shadowy force over Lucian. "You talk as if you know her better than anyone else. And yet answer me this what have you done to protect her? To protect her from the rogues who want her dead? From the packs that would claim her?
I was there when she nearly destroyed herself to get at the truth to me. I watched her bleed for it. Where were you then?"
Lucian's Adam's apple bobbed, his face breaking for the first time, but only briefly. His anger regained its hold, masking the guilt that had for a moment emerged.
You think remaining at her side entitles you?" Lucian snarled. "I've been watching over her since long before you ever knew her name. Every danger she's ever faced, I've been present in the shadows. Every moment she wanted to
