"What have you done, brother?" Kaden demanded. The King laughed his low, terrifying chuckle.
"I have taken retribution for what was done to me." The King replied and in the next instant he had crossed the space between us and grabbed me by the throat.
"I should have killed you myself, little girl." Growled the King, holding me off the ground. Kaden yelped and grappled at his throat too, and the King laughed madly.
"A fortuitous side effect of the link brother. Looks as though I can kill two birds with one stone." He crowed and squeezed my neck harder. I scratched at the King's hands, trying to free myself.
'Kaden!' I screamed in my head 'Use the link! Turn it on your brother! KILL ME!' Kaden's head jerked around and despite the panic in his eyes, he shook his head no. There
