The tension in the room exploded the moment Evander's fingers curled tighter around Kai's collar. His knuckles turned white, his jaw clenched so tightly it ached, and his chest rose and fell with deep, measured breaths as he tried to suppress the boiling rage within him.
Evander's mind was spinning with rage. He had tried to be civil. He had tried to reason with Kai. But the man standing in front of him—this arrogant, insufferable creature—was beyond redemption. He had crossed a line that Evander couldn't, and wouldn't, allow to go unpunished.
The moment Evander's hand tightened around Kai's collar, something snapped in him. The anger that had been simmering beneath the surface, all the frustration, the disrespect that Kai had shown to Delphinia—it all came rushing forward like a flood, and there was no stopping it. Not anymore.