~ CAIN ~

"I won’t kill a female for your Master."

The words fall flat between us. I don’t flinch. Don’t blink. I just watch West across the table as his face twists like I slapped him.

"Then don’t," he sneers, the corner of his mouth curling like he’s chewing on something sour. "Leave her breathing if you must. We only need her to understand the position she places herself in by killing off our kind. We’ll appreciate a hard lesson learned ...