I chuckled. Rafael was always so silent, but when he talked... he really knew where to hit...
James turned on him, eyes wide with desperation and denial. “You don’t get to—”
“I do,” Rafael cut in. Calm. Absolute. Dangerous. “Because the moment you hurt her, the moment you betrayed her, you stopped being anything to her but a cautionary tale.”
Rhys chuckled, low and cruel. “And if you think you're walking back into her life without consequence.. oh, no, you don't want to try me, James. I would destroy you. We would ruin you, and you will not survive it.”
James paled.
“You threatening my pack now?” he asked, voice shaking more than I think he meant it to.
Rhys’s smile sharpened. “Never. Only you. "
James looked back at me, desperate now. “You’re really doing this? You’re choosing them
