Chapter Forty-Nine Cassandra was my mate and the pull to go to her, to protect her, was strong. It flowed through every fiber of my being the closer I got. Bash grabbed my arm. “What are you doing?” “Don’t you feel it?” I said through gritted teeth. How was he so calm, why wasn’t he just as angry as I was, he could feel what I was feeling? “She’s hurting.” “Cass is with Lucian. He wouldn’t hurt her.” His voice was calm, but I could see it in his eyes. A spike of pain shot through me, along with pleasure that I felt tingling up my spine. Bash shook before regaining his composure. “The f**k he wouldn’t.” “Oliver,” Bash’s tone was stern and it made me want to bow down, just like when Lucian used that powerful push on me. It was my mate and I wasn’t going to back down. “Leave them.” I