“What?“ A bitter laugh tore itself out of my chest. No one would be left to cling to me? He still had the nerve to be possessive about me?

Ignoring his foolish confession, I pressed on to understand his line of logic. “But instead, you fed the people you were to save to him. The same people you once ordered to follow you.”

His mouth twitched. “It was never really about them.”

“Of course it wasn’t,” I retorted with a tight tone as my fingers itched to hit him. He ...