Dravina POV

The thought of only one man walking away from that battle gnawed at me, tearing at my insides with a truth I couldn’t ignore.

I couldn’t allow it.

Not that way. Not between them.

If I truly wanted freedom from Cassian if I truly wanted to cast off his control, the shadows of fear he had stamped into every step I took then I had to break those chains myself.

No one else could do it for me.

“Then he’ll have to fight me to keep me,” I said, my voice calm, my resolve ...