Caleb POV I wanted to kill Barys, not just that, but I wanted to make it slow, so he suffered dearly for the pain he had caused Rain. I was already furious over him taking her. But when I realized she was also unclothed and bruised from being tightly bound, all I could see was red. She had looked up to him as a protector and loved him like he was the only family that mattered to her. She would have talked to him if he had approached the palace. We would have arranged a meeting. But instead, he caused her harm and could have killed her. He had almost taken my mate from me forever, and I would have been cursed to stay here alive without her for eternity. Mace has never stopped me from fighting those who have harmed the ones I love, until he saw Barys. He was insistent that although he ca