“Disgusts you?” he repeated bitterly. “This is the same touch you once begged for beneath the full moon.”
“That was before,” Aria said coldly. “Not anymore.”
Marcus shouted furiously.
“Let her go, Caleb!”
But Caleb ignored him.
“Do you know how I felt when I saw my sister bruised and crying?” he said coldly. “You deserve to feel the same pain.”
Before Aria could react, he shoved her against the wall and crushed his lips onto hers.
Tears streamed down her face as she struggled.
Her fists pounded against his chest.
But he pinned her wrists above her head.
Across the room Marcus roared in rage, trying desperately to break free.
Even Caleb’s own warriors looked away uneasily.
“Punish me instead!” Marcus shouted hoarsely. “Leave her alone! You’ll regret this, Caleb!”
Caleb finally pulled away, breathing heavily.
The moment he released her—
Aria collapsed to the floor.
For a brief moment guilt flickered across his face.
But when he saw Marcus kneeling there in tears, his expression hardened again.
“Now you know how it feels,” Caleb sneered.
“That’s how I felt when I saw my sister.”
He stepped forward and punched Marcus hard.
Aria gasped in horror.
Then—
A sharp crack echoed through the room.
Silence followed.