After what felt like forever, Cassia finally calmed down. He sat on the floor staring at his hands, his breath heaved in and out of his mouth.
“Can you tell me what just happened?” Kalan asked as he went to his knee so that he was face to face with the vampire. Oren took a step forward. Kalan could feel the tension coming off him. He was alert, ready for any danger. Cassia looked at him as if he'd never seen him before. “Cassia?”
“My brother has been sent out into the world to do the elders' bidding again. A lot of people are going to die by the time he’s done.”
“What?”
“It has happened before. Years ago. The elders needed a new place to move to. And they ordered a whole pack killed. They’re making him do this again. He won’t be the same after this,” Cassia said, covering his face wi
