“You want me to be on your side for some war that is coming!” A rush of heat flushed my cheeks and my brows furrowed as my temper rose. “Then you show me that you are worth fighting for. Let my innocent friend go so that I can trust that the people of The Gilded City are good. Because from where I am sitting, all you have been is evil to me. Maybe I’m not the dark one. You are!”

