They were asking him to choose between me and his brother, the only person he’s had by his side since the day he was born.

I backed away and saw in his eyes how his mind was reeling around the options, not who to choose but how to get the hell out of there. He looked at me and narrowed his eyes with a knowing gaze, Darian had the same one, and after that gaze usually came a sorely thought-out plan which often ended in a lot of bloodshed and dead bodies.

The Elder was watching ...