She lifted her eyes to meet his. Something raw and pleading was there in them. “Stay.” Rua held his stare as she revealed the horror in her own. “I could kill all of you . . .” She could do it—kill them all with her sword. Razing the entire Northern Court for vengeance. No one could stop her. The thought alone stole the breath from her lungs. She wished it felt impossible to imagine herself doing it, but it felt only one step away. And standing in between her and that last step was Renwick. He dropped his fingers from her chin. “You won’t.
