Crashing Kappa Twilight

GAEL’S POV

“You’d be fine letting the daughter of your best friend die?”

I said it because I knew how much those words would haunt him. Sure, I couldn’t force him to do what I wanted—not with that pesky sense of protection wrapped around his neck like a noose. But he was an emotional mess, and I’d quickly learned where to poke for a reaction or the lack thereof.

He looked disgusted, as though I’d