Angel's POV
"Kane. Take the woman away."
"No…" I spun around before I could stop myself. "Please. Please don't. Don't separate us, I'm… I haven't seen her since…" My voice fractured on the last word. I pressed it back together. "Please. I'm asking you."
Something moved across Terrell's face that I didn't have the capacity to read right now.
Agnes was behind me: "Don't beg him. Don't you dare beg him, Angel - don't give him the satisfaction…"
"Agnes…"
"We are leaving. I don't care who he is, I don't care what he has, I will protect you…"
"Agnes, stop…"
"You do not cower before this man, do you understand me? You do not bow your head and you do not beg him for anything…"
"I'm not cowering!" My voice came out sharper than I intended. I turned to face my sister fully. "Agnes. Please. Just… let me handle this. Please."
My sister looked at me with an expression I had never wanted to see on her face directed at me.
Then she looked past me, at Terrell.
The silence was loud.
