"Will that hurt her?" were the words that immediately came into his head. "Then I'll kill him… a thousand times."
Those were the words that broke the chains that were binding Joaquin. Javier let him go, and yet, now that he was standing before Aries, those words felt useless. Not that he meant it. There was no way Joaquin would listen to Javier's orders when he was nothing but his dog in the past.
Call it ego, but Javier was wrong to assume he could order Joaquin around. The latter wasn't built like that.
"You will come with me whether or not you want to. Thank me later. You're welcome." His grip around her shoulders tightened as his eyes blazed, ready to take her away from here.
"No." Her reply was quiet, but there was a tinge of firmness in it. "I'm staying."
Joaquin ground his teeth. "What made you think you have a say in it?"
