Chapter 73
“With all due respect,” I began as I backed away from him. “I think I’ll just go back to the castle. Tohr can explain himself to me personally. Or my brother Erik, his Champion can tell me exactly what is going on.”
The crackle in the air went from causing mere goosebumps to visible electricity. Sólas’ eyes shifted from a slight grey to the molten flow of boiling silver, then was slowly taken over by the elongation of his iris’. I knew even before his hands shifted to the claws that he was seconds away from changing.
“That, princess, was never an option,” he hissed.
I clenched my teeth and had to forcefully root myself to the ground before I shied away from him.
“I don’t believe that I was asking your permission,” I growled back.