Before I could ask what the source of his unease was, Emil was in front of me, wrapping his arms around me and lifting me off my feet. A low, menacing growl reverberated from Casteel, echoed by Delano. The former’s reaction came as no surprise. But the latter? Delano had never acted like that toward any of them before. Emil paid the warnings no heed and just spun me around. “Put her down,” Casteel ground out. “Or lose your arms. It’s your choice.”
