The Baroness Misbehaves

"Brother, you’re going to have to decide. Hold up, not so fast troublemaker." Jeremy stepped back when Cassian took a step forward, "if you try to fight me, she’ll die, that I can promise you." He reminded Cassian of Madeline’s critical condition. "But if you try to save her, you’ll have no choice but to let me go." A cruel smile tugged at his lips as he continuously backed away from the raging storm in front of him, "choose wisely, and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to lose your sweetheart all in the name of revenge. So what’s it going to be??"

To say Cassian was angry was clearly an understatement, the young lad was clearly steaming with fury. He looked so furious that Jeremy could feel the volcano inside of him starting to erupt, waiting to burst and unleash its burning chaos, but he was also restrained because of the unconscious woman in his arms.

The woman he loved.

Looking at her face, Cassian wanted to apologize for not coming sooner, he could feel her pulse weakening, and for the first time as he could remember, he felt stuck, unable to make up his mind on what to do.

He wanted to avenge her predicament, but he didn’t want to lose her as well. That wasn’t even an option goddammit!!!

"Time’s running." Jeremy’s voice broke him from his train of thoughts, and time no longer slowed down like he could hear it ticking like a bomb in his ear. "What’s your decision?"

"Allow me to answer that." Elian’s voice broke the tension as he swung his twin blade at Jeremy with lightning speed, but Jeremy, who could feel his plans getting ruined immediately evaded the strike that would have made him lose his head in an instant.

Cassian’s surprise upon seeing Elian and Osvaldo in the cave, displayed evidently in his eyes. They came to stand beside him as though they were his shield, and Osvaldo’s eyes glowed in a bright powerful light that forcefully sent Jeremy to his knees.