ROMAN
I regretted it now. I deeply regretted every single time I listened to Nigel giving me reasons why I shouldn't kill Alpha Elric yet. If I'd listened to my instincts, the bastard would have been rotting away six feet under by now.
What? Little murderer?
How dare he call her that when he'd done even worse?
Elric strolled closer with his hands in his pockets, wearing a smirk that was intentionally crafted to make my temper sizzle.
"Well, isn't this adorable?" he drawled, his gaze switching between me and Solana as if we were a performance he'd been dying to criticize. "The infamous Roman Stone... reduced to babysitting."
My jaw flexed. "Elric," I said, my voice low, "choose your next words wisely.
He ignored me entirely, his eyes sliding towards Solana with a mocking tilt. The be
