I reach the door and stride halfway down the hall before Kastian runs after me. “Daemon! Wait, before you go rampaging all over the damn castle, you should check on Alix.” “Why?” “I know you probably don’t want to hear this, but if your instinct wasn’t to kill Alix but claim her—” “You’re right,” I bark. “I don’t want to hear that because it’s bullshit. It doesn’t mean anything. I was out of my fucking mind.”
