Mason pulled away from me and I choked for a moment as I retained the ability to breathe. He spun me around and grabbed my arms pulling them back as he slammed into me. There was no gentleness here. This was about nothing but power and domination. He wanted to engrave into my body where I belonged in this hierarchy. I had thought he meant to choke me to death in front of them. I hadn’t been prepared for that degree of brutality at all. As my bones creaked in protest I wasn’t sure if this was much better.
At least from this position, I had a better look at what exactly was going on with Emma and Cya. Hades was watching us as he trembled in rage, frustration, guilt, sadness, he was just a ball of raw emotions I didn’t want to focus on. I had to keep my eyes on Cya right now. Emma was hummin
