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“Just give it a fair shake, is all.”
“That’s easy for you to say. You’re totally in love with the guy that brought you in.”
“I am, but the path here wasn’t easy. It was laced with sadness and despair and real fucking tragedy that could rival William Shakespeare.”
“And now that you’re here, you’re fine with never leaving? With being forced below earth?”
Before I can respond, a voice cuts through the room.
“There you are.”
I look up to see Gabriel and Alistair heading our way. With them is a green-haired woman.
“Hi!” the woman chirps. “My name is Eva. I would have been here sooner, but I had a bunch of kids to entertain.”
“And what circle of hell are you located in?” Britney asks, and I see the corner of Alistair's mouth curl into a smirk.
Eva exhales a long breath. “If you must know, the First Circle: Limbo. We won’t be neighbors, because you’ll be tucked into the Second Circle.”
Britney spikes a brow. “And what’s that?”
“Lust.”
If looks could kill, Eva would be six feet under.
Eva gestures for us to follow. “Let’s get you to your rooms.”
The place I get to share with Gabriel is small but cozy. It’s two bedrooms and looks exactly like what you’d find in the city.
“I can bring some decorations back from the outside. Things you might like.”
“I don’t care for anything outside these walls.”
“Are you sure?”
“Look where my stupid act of independence got me.”
“It slayed your captor, a mess of other nut jobs, and got Alistair a girl.”
“But the risk was too high.”
“Fine. We’ll figure out ways to make it ours without the creature comforts from the outside world.”
I lick my lips, anxious about my next question. “Are you okay with what happened at the club?”
“Are you meaning to ask if I’m okay with my mother’s death?”
I nod.
“My biggest regret is that it wasn’t me who’d killed her.”
“That was your mother!”
“She was the monster who hurt the one I love most, and she did it to herself. My guess is when I shot up the club, they thought it was she who tipped me off to where you were, and they made her pay. She earned her grave.” His arms wrap around my waist, and he lifts me by my ass. “And you’ve earned your reward.”
“My reward?”
He sets me down on a counter.
