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I’m so proud of you.
I wish I were there to listen.
To talk to you.
To kiss you.
Love you—
“I told her that you’re nothing but ash and to forget about you.”
I hate you.
I’ll kill you.
One day, I’ll—
“Oh, and by the way, the answer isn’t five. One day, you’ll learn what I’m truly asking.” He stiffened and commanded, “Again.”
Electricity swamped my thoughts.
I forgot my name, Neri’s name...everything.
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Two years, two months...
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“Promise me you won’t forget me.” Neri pressed her mouth to mine, forcing her tears and fears into my mouth.
I shook my head and crushed her in my arms. “Never. It’s an impossibility. I’ll forget myself before I forget you.”
She crawled onto my lap and snuggled into my arms like the siren did into the mane of my tattoo. I wrapped myself around her. I rocked her close, all while my eyes stayed locked on the door before us.
Any second now, they were coming.
To take her away.
To sell her.
Because of me.
Because of who I was.
Because of the excellent trade I’d negotiated.
I’d gotten a high figure for her.
A fabulous number for her sale.
The income I’d earned from selling her would look so pretty in my records and would fit so nicely into my overflowing bank accounts.
“Aslan...please don’t do this.” She rained kisses along my throat. “You don’t want to do this.”
I pressed my cheek against her frangipani-smelling hair. “You’re right. I don’t want to sell you, but it’s already done. I have to, don’t you see? I have to because this is business, and you are merely a transaction. You now belong to someone else because it makes my father happy, and I am my father’s son.”
“You’re not his son. You’re nothing like him.”
