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“No, please don’t do that. I am not the Gahnala!” I cried, waving my hands frantically in front of me.
Silence thundered, broken only by the slow swish of confused tails falling through the air and Priya’s breathy whisper of, “Oh, shit.”
The next sound came from Lerokan. And it was laughter.
“Oh, this is too good. So, she has not accepted you, then, brother?” Lerokan’s sight stars – the same bright white colour as Errok’s – slid from his brother to me. “Zuh-Tephanie, you have brought me much joy this day. The Vrika has done very well to join you to my brother. Please, I beg that you continue to deny him. Someone must drive through his thick skull the fact that he is not-”
His words were literally crushed out of him. Errok’s huge fingers closed around Lerokan’s throat. Lerokan was clearly a strong guy, but he was definitely smaller than Errok. Errok infused his grip with furious strength, driving Lerokan backwards until the younger brother collided with a nearby wall.
“Oh my God, Errok, stop!” This felt like the taklok all over again. Me begging Errok to stop shooting. Or, in this case, stop squeezing.
“Erm, why don’t I take you on a tour of the mountain?”
I couldn’t believe what Priya just said.
“Are you insane? He’s about to kill your mate right in front of us!”
I moved to run towards them, but Priya grabbed my arm with surprising quickness and drew me back. She glanced over at the brothers, her gaze appraising, then she shook her head.
“No, he won’t. Lerokan can wiggle his way out of just about any situation. Besides, even though they can both be complete fucking knobs around each other, they do actually care. At least a little bit.”
It was hard to believe her considering Errok was fucking vibrating with fury and was currently taking that fury out on Lerokan’s windpipe. But... Lerokan was somehow grinning? So maybe she was right.
“They’ll sort themselves out. I’m serious. Let’s give them some space.”
“Fine,” I muttered, letting her lead me gently out of the hall. I was tired of trying to control Errok. Tired of feeling responsible for him.Let them duke it out. And if Lerokan ends up shooting him, he can find somebody else to heal him, thank you very much.
But despite those thoughts, despite my attempt at indifference...
I twisted to watch them even as we walked away.
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Errok
“Everyone else out!”
