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“Break his blood bond to you, Tianna. Now!” I said, steel and venom in my voice. “I’ve accepted the Challenge.”
“I’m tired of him anyway,” the dark queen said. “He’s of no use to me other than a constant menace. He diluted his blood with the vampire venom, and he made a pact with a goddess.” She regarded me, a malicious smile distorting her bloodred lips. “He will soon belong to her even if I don’t break the blood bond. Either way, you won’t have him long, even though he was supposed to be your first mate centuries ago.”
I knew about his pact with Goddess Arianrhod. Tianna was just trying to add insult to injury. I would deal with Arianrhod after I handled my evil aunt.
“Release him from your fucking bond,” I hissed.
“I don’t like your tone, Daisy Danaenyth,” Tianna said. “I might not—”
“Just give him to her and let her take him, Your Majesty,” Iokul said with an exasperated sigh. “The demigod has always been a sore sight. I want him out of our way. Let her suffer him.”
A shard of glass stuck in my throat. Their attitude toward her had changed from calling her cunt to Your Majesty. Tianna saw my bitter expression, despite that I’d tried to cover up my emotions. She giggled in delight.
“A sore sight indeed,” Tianna said, eye-fucking Blaze, Iokul, and Rai one by one, and they turned up the voltage of their pure male sexy smiles.
They fucking grinned while my heart dripped with blood.
“Fine,” said Tianna.
She raised her hand, her fingernails slashing across her wrist. Her blood, half-black and half- red, leaked from the gush. The evil queen chanted a series of ancient spells.
Primal, dark, and foul power crackled the air, and the whole court staggered back at its impact.
A wave of black light burst out of Elvey. He clenched his teeth, and two trails of blood, half-black and half- red, trickled from his blue eyes.
“You fucking—” I roared, throwing my White Light at Tianna, but pulled it back just in time. If I attacked her first during the Challenge, I might forfeit my chance of winning back my three mates. “I asked you to break the fucking blood bond,” I thundered, “not to hurt him again.”
“Let the demigod tell you if he’s released,” Tianna said in disdain, and waved a hand dismissively.
Elvey’s throat bobbed up and down. “Daisy,” he said hoarsely. Tianna had just fixed his windpipe.
I knelt beside him, cradling him in my arms.
“It’s done,” Elvey said, smiling at me. “You freed me.”
Joy lit me up. But when I raised my head and my eyes found my dragon mates, pain sliced through me again.
Iokul, Rai, and Blaze watched Elvey and me without emotion. All I saw were their cold, gorgeous faces under the masks—the masks they wanted to be rid of more than anything.
In order to remove their masks a bit earlier, they chose my enemy over me.
I trembled more violently than my injured Elvey.
Then, the next second, I lost Elvey in my embrace and also the sight of my consorts.
I stood on the glassy surface of the dark ocean, facing my ultimate enemy alone.
Realization dawned on me. Tianna had dragged me to this world of her illusion while my shield was weakened because of my inner turmoil. I pushed my magic at her, only to find that she merely wanted a private dialogue between us.
I enhanced my shield. I would allow her to have a brief conversation, for now.
Tianna regarded me with twisted amusement and interest. “It’s my obligation to tell you the truth of the Challenge,” she drawled. “If any of your mates betrays you in any fashion, you’ll lose. As soon as they’re intimate with me, the curse will return to you. This time it’ll be permanent and unbreakable. You’ll return to be the beasts of Furies for eternity. You won’t shift to Fae for even a second. And no one—not any man, your mates, or Elvey—will ever be able to save you. I planned your mother’s death, your curse, and this final backup Challenge for a millennium. How satisfying it is for me to see that your mother’s and Aine’s blood sacrifices for you were for nothing. That’s why I even allowed you to enter Sihde with such a bad attitude.”
Bile rose up to the back of my throat, and raw fear closed its tight passage.
If I returned to be the beast again and forever, I wouldn’t make it. The bitch didn’t even need to kill me. My mind would shatter, and I’d never pick up the pieces. Madness would claim me completely. And no one could ever reverse it.
Tianna knew exactly just that.
