Esme's POV
Cole did not say a single word as e arrived shortly and stopped in front of the cell where they kept Raven.
She sat on the floor with her knees pulled to her chest. Her face had paled completely, as if the color had already drained out of her the moment she stepped through this place. She had only been here a few minutes, but fear had worked fast on her. The fear made her small. Vulnerable.
Cole turned toward me. “Release her,” he said, his voice low and calm, but chilling enough to leave a mark.
I blinked at him.
My mouth moved before the rest of me understood what I was about to say. “I’m not releasing her, Beta Cole.”
His head tilted slightly.
“Esme.” My name slid out of him with force. It wasn’t loud, but it was final. There was something in it that shut the rest of
