~ CAIN ~

I feel it the second Catherine's resolve starts to slip. My attention shifts to Alex, and I growl low and dangerous, “Release me before I break free of the goddamned spell and demolish this entire fucking room.”

I know they feel the weight of my words—him and the woman who's unraveling me from the inside out. My gaze stays locked on her because I need her to see what I am. What I’m fighting to control. If she wasn’t near, I’d already be gone. ...