Zylas shoved Darius’s arm away from me. “Get back.” Instead, Darius sat on his heels. “You’re very protective of your contractor.” Zylas’s lips peeled back. Because I knew him pretty well now, I was already lunging up. Before his slashing claws could find Darius’s flesh, I yanked Zylas’s face into my chest and clamped my arms around his head as tightly as I could.

