~Lucian~

I pressed Kael harder against the stone wall, he was already breathing fast but I cared less as the anger in me had risen to the peak.

"I trusted you!" I snarled, my voice barely human as Zair was struggling within me. I knew fully well that he wanted me to grant him access to dominate my body. "I confided in you when I had nowhere else to turn, and you sold me out like a piece of information to be traded."

Kael's hands came up to grasp my arm, not to fight me off but in a gesture ...