?The mage nods again and then looks up at me before glaring. “SoPercius, where’s Professor Asier?”
?I lift my hand and wiggle my pointer finger at her. “Not fair. I still don’t know your name.”
?“Sucks to suck. That’s what happens when you try to kill me.”
?I run my tongue over my fangs and watch her glare at me. Those lavender eyes heated makes my dick jump. She’d been the first person I noticed when we walked into Varian’s class.
?“We weren’t there to kill you,” I lowly rumble.
?She turns her nose up at me. “Even if there was a chance I’d believe you, you did try to kill Mavyn.”
?“If it makes you feel better she was the only one we were planning to kill.”
?“Geeze,” she vampyr deadpans. “Thanks. And here I was thinking you had a moral compass because of who I killed.”
?My fists clench but I try not to show it on my face. “It is ruthless not caring about those you killed. Especially when Liliall was a good person. Despite her actions in that fight, she had never killed anyone before.”
?She clucks her tongue. “Was she pregnant? Or a mother?”
?I nod. Not my wife but to a good friend at camp. It was especially hard going back and having to tell him. I promised I would bring her and the baby in her belly back to them.
?“I’m not sorry,” she states, though not entirely harshly. “Even if I had know exactly who she was and her entire life story, she wrote a death blow to my fated so there was only one outcome for her.”
?“You can still feel sorry for it.”
?“And would you feel sorry about killing me when we were in Varian’s classroom?”
?I run the tip of my tongue over my teeth. She’s got a point.
?Still, I shrug. “I would not. You were a vampire and rumors were starting up that there could be a reason we weren’t leavingbodies to be found, only ashes and personal items to identify some people. We needed to make everyone think we were killing innocents. And a vampire is a vampire.”
?“And a witch is a witch.”
?I bare my fangs at her because it is entirely different.
?“Vampires are nothing.”
?The red in her eyes deepens and a circle of black and silver begins appearing around her iris.
?But it’s not her who speaks. “So you expect us to believe you haven’t massacred hundreds through your little wars around the country?”
?Getting us back on track. I meet the mage’s eyes. “No. We’re recruiting them.”
?“Enough!” Their heads snap towards my brother as he comes storming over. “I told you to leave them alone!”
?His aura dominates but he should’ve learned by now that doesn’t affect me. At least, his does not.
?“Alexandros wants to meet her, Var – “
?“AND I SAID NO!” His hands slam onto the table and he rounds it to grab my neck. “We have enough issues as it is, I said I did not want him anywhere near her!”
?I let him choke me for only a second before shoving him off and pulling the gun from my waistband to point at him. The black barrel an inch away from his head and blue rings imbued with runic magic preventing him from being able to use magic to take it and preventing him from being able to use it.
?The mechanisms within are also enhanced, making it faster than any other weapon.
?“She’s allowed to make her own choices in whether or not she wants to join the rebellion, brother.”
?His lips pull back to reveal his fangs. “She said she does not want to join.”
