Daniel's words slithered through the air like a serpent, wrapping around Silas's heart and squeezing.
Run. That's what Daniel wanted. To see him desperate, broken, clawing for hope where none existed.
His fists clenched, nails digging into his palms. Every instinct screamed at him to lash out, to rip the sneer off Daniel's face but he couldn't.
Not yet. Not with Alex's life, his father's life, hanging in the balance.
He would admit it's and say that he was extremely arrogant and made a erroneous miscalculation. His extremely over-confidence and dismissive attitude towards everything due to his strength is what got him into this position.
He's never hated himself this much before. It was all due to his stupidity that his family is in their current situation.
