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“It’s almost cute that you think you have a choice, Harmonia.” My name on his tongue sends a shiver of disgust down my spine, but I use it to strengthen my confidence as I stare him down.
“I’m nobody’s fucking hostage.”
This time it’s his turn to raise a brow at me. “Who said you were being taken as a hostage? I’m quite sure you’re going to come willingly.”
My head rears back before I can keep my emotions and features in check. “And how do you figure that?”
“You’re wearing my mark. You wouldn’t want me to kill you in front of them now would you?” A jolt of fear ripples through my veins at the mere thought of it, but in their presence he would have no chance of getting his hands on me, I know it.
“You’re going to kill me either way. I don’t see why you think I would give you the chance to take me rather than stand with them and fight you.” My heart thunders in my chest as the words leave my mouth, but I mean them all the same. I would fight anyone if it meant I got to stay with the men I love.
“Ah, you see, I don’t quite have time for that because I actually do have a hostage and she’s waiting on your arrival.”
I freeze, searching his gaze for a hint of a lie, but I come up blank. What the fuck does that mean? “Who is waiting for my arrival?” I ask, the world around me fading away, the noise drifting to nothing as I wait for his next words.
The grin that spreads across his face as he pushes his hair back from his eyes tells me he’s been holding in his excitement to tell me.
“Harmonia, you either come with me now, or your mother pays the price.”
My breath lodges in my throat, my heart shattering into a million pieces at the mention of my mom. I try to remember the last time I heard from her, and I recall it was when she was with me at the house, she received a call that she needed to help someone who touched Pandora’s Box.
I haven’t heard from her since then.
“It was you.” The words leave my mouth before my filter can kick in, but it doesn’t make a difference to the outcome. The way he nods tells me all I need to know. My hands clench at my sides as I try to figure out a plan, but he doesn’t give me a chance to consider one.
“Tick tock, Harmonia, now or never.”
Swallowing past the lump in my throat, I push back the tears threatening to stream down my face as I meet his gaze head on.
“Lead the way.”
