"You almost swore your allegiance to Mr. Reid, so you should understand what he's like. He may be kind, but those who betrayed him or did anything to cross his morals met terrible ends. I'm sure I don't need to go into detail about that for you to understand what you're up against."

Edward didn't slow as he spoke. Winston clutched his chest, looking pained as he tried to keep up. Neither of them looked happy—Edward was impatient because he'd only intended to spend three minutes retrieving Winston from the basement and bringing him to Darius.

Six minutes had passed, and they'd only just stepped out of the basement. To make things worse, Winston kept mumbling useless things behind him, making him feel like his patience was running out.

On the other hand, Winston didn't look so good because he was in pain from his injury, and he could sense Edward's irritation. Everything he'd experienced from the night before up until this point made him realize something—Darius was more powerful than