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The little blonde’s gaze shifted to Rune, burning with rage and accusation. “Did you fucking cut her?”
Tell them what happened,the Ra’Voshnik roared as Sparrow pressed her hand under Faye’s chin.
“Take me home,” Faye sobbed. Her words were a knife to his heart.
Vashien’s wings pulled tight against his back. He called his sword as he leapt over Sparrow and Faye, taking a defensive stance between them and Rune.
“Faye.” Rune pleaded, desperate to explain.
She clutched Sparrow tighter and the little blonde snarled, “You don’t get to say her name, asshole.”
“Take me home.” Faye’s broken voice gutted him. “I want to go home.”
Vashien never took his eyes off Rune, his sword at the ready as he stepped backwards. “Stand up. I’ll phase us home.”
Do not let him take her!The Ra’Voshnik screamed as Rune pinned Vashien’s mind. “You will not. My brother attacked her.” Rune stepped into the room and Faye shrank from him. “Love, I said those things to protect you. Every word was a lie.”
Faye met his gaze, her lashes clinging to tears she had yet to spill. Tears he caused. “You told me you never wanted Sadi.”
“Vse—”
Faye’s fingers dug into her sister’s shoulder as she screamed, “You both wanted to fuck her!”
“Faye.”
“I am not your cheap whore!”
Rune took a step toward them. Needing to comfort her. To make her understand. “I worship you. Alister would have killed you if he knew how devoted I am to you.”
Faye went rigid with tension. She held his gaze grating out a single word. “Why?”
Rune dropped her gaze. There were no explanations for the atrocities he’d committed. His actions were unforgivable. His cruelty and arrogance costed him dearly eight centuries ago. And it would cost him again. Stripping him of his queen.
“You did that to her.” Not a question.
Rune swallowed and nodded before meeting her gaze. Her stormy eyes held no warmth. The affection he’d seen minutes ago withered and died before his eyes.
“I did,” Rune admitted.
“You’re a monster. I never want to see you again.”
Rune released Vashien’s mind.
What are you doing?The Ra’Voshnik demanded, circling his mind.Do not let him take her.
His queen wished to go. It wasn’t his place to question her. He served her will.
He couldn’t keep her here. Couldn’t make her understand.
Rune could only watch as they faded from sight.
Chapter sixty-nine
Sleepwouldn’tcomeinthe days that followed Faye’s departure. Her tear-stricken look of betrayal gutted him, leaving him empty. Rune sat in his study, attempting to read a passage for the third time.
He had no interest in reading these documents. His mind wandering to his night breeze. He’d gone to Faye’s home more than once asking to explain, to beg her forgiveness. Faye refused to see him while Sparrow and Vashien barred his entry.
The Ra’Voshnik remained deathly quiet, somewhere in his subconscious. The creature raged, fighting him viciously in the hours after Faye left and suddenly stopped. It did nothing as its presence slowly slipped into the recesses of his mind. It was as though the Ra’Voshnik understood they had irrevocably lost her and no longer cared to carry on.
