Chapter 47 · Good. Maybe then you won't be able to run

He crossed the room in three steps and stopped in front of me. "You want the truth? Fine. If the League sees that archive open under my signature, they'll lock me down before sunrise."

"Good. Maybe then you won't be able to run."

"They won't lock me in a room. They will strip my power, cut the contract, and put a blade through your heart to do it."

The link carried the image before he could block it. Me on my knees. Gold chains around my wrists. His voice shouting something I couldn't hear.

His fear slammed into me so hard my knees almost gave.

I grabbed the edge of a console. "What the hell was that?"

"Nothing."

"You just showed me a memory."

"It wasn't a memory."

"Then whose was it?"

He looked away.

I stepped in front of him. "Look at me."

"No."

"You don't get to shut me out. Not while we're connected."

"I can shut you out if I want to."

"Can you?"

I pushed my power through the bond.

Julian's hand caught the back of my neck before I could go deeper. Heat spread through my skin.