It was cruel, wasn't it, to give him a kiss like that. After everything else? That sob made that recent protective side kick in but he fought it down. Now wasn't the time for it.
"Tristian." This wasn't helping, was making it all worse. He had said that begging didn't help sometimes. He could taste the please in the air. "I warned you once, remember? You promised me then that you would behave." Cian's jaw tightened for a moment, he could could hear the bone crack from the force. The elder pulled his chin up again, looking down into those tear stained eyes. "You ran wild and caught everything on fire. You have to see what you do, going forward." He couldn't protect him. Especially since he'd taken the job of Hound.