The part of Kaz that wasn't Kaz at all reveled in the terror in that single word and pushed for more. But Kaz didn't indulge it, knowing that a person could only be pushed so far until terror backfired into aggression.

"While it may not be a secret I created, it is mine to keep, now, whether you like it or not."

And here it's hard to say whether it was Kaz speaking or the Beholding. Strangely they would both be in agreement.

"If you don't want that secret known, who else's secrets will you offer me instead?"