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My fathers watch on in terrified horror as the attackers land near Ary’s body.
“We won’t be able to protect you,” my mother says in a shaky tone.
“I know,” I tell her as my eyes meet hers. She doesn’t feel the hollow pit that now exists in my soul where Ary used to be.
“What the fuck is she doing?” Hex’s voice comes from right behind me.
“I don’t know,” Silence says in his haughty, upper-class tone. I’m a freaking princess, and I’ve never managed to sound as spoiled as he does.
My right hand raises, and pale pink energy begins to form. The two men who are responsible for Ary’s demise writhe around in agony as I suck out their life force. It doesn’t hurt me, but based on the sounds they make, it’s not an enjoyable experience for them.
I’m not sure how I’m able to do it. I just know I need two lives’ worth of energy to bring back Ary and her baby.
Fighting starts all around us.
I hear their comments.
“That’s not healing magic.”
“There’s no way to save her. Aryndia is gone. What is she doing?”
“That’s not possible.”
“She’s killing them. They haven’t had a chance to stand trial.”
“She’s breaking the law.”
I understand that they think I’m against nature and the gods.
Someone gets very close to my back. My head swivels as I blow them back with magic I didn’t know I had.
“I will devour every soul in this room who tries to stop me,” my magic declares without a hint of humanity.
The words might come from my lips, but they aren’t my own.
It doesn’t take longer than thirty seconds before the thousand-year-old assassins are dead. I bend over, opening Ary’s mouth, and blow. Sparkly pink magic flows from me into her. It becomes difficult to keep myself upright, but I expel all I can into my twin.
I take another deep breath and blow harder. My gut churns, because it won’t be enough.
The first time I learned I could bring something back from the final death was when a hunter accidentally killed my favorite pixie. I healed her with my own life force and lost my sight for nearly two weeks as a consequence.
Are you willing to pay the price?
I’m pretty sure the question radiating through my skull comes from my magic. I pull my shoulders back and try to hold back the sob.
Ary and her men have loved each other for years.
She’s having a baby.
What do I have?
A couple of mates who loathe me because I’m not Seelie.
I’ll pay whatever needs to be paid.
I barely manage to hold myself up as I blow energy to Ary again.
The fighting continues around us.
