Dravina POV

“Are you that desperate to leave me?”

Cassian’s voice was no more than a whisper, yet the weight of his pain pressed down like a storm cloud.

“To not even give me a chance?”

I exhaled slowly, my hands curling into fists at my sides.

“You have two choices, Cassian.” My gaze locked onto his, unwavering. “Either you kill me… or you give me my freedom.”

His breath caught. He went utterly still.

“But I will not return to you.”

The words struck with the ...