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“Yes.”
“You killed all those people for me.”
“Yes.”
After a moment of silence that goes on too long, I speak again.
“Does that scare you?” I ask her. She shrugs.
“Are you sure they didn’t hurt you?”
“I’m sure. They barely touched me. I don’t think they were planning on hurting me. I think they were just going to lock me up and put me on trial.”
“You are not theirs to lock up. They touched you, and no one touches my girl. I did what had to be done. Do you understand that?”
She stares and stares at me before lowering her eyes to the ground.
“I understand why you did it,” she whispers.
“Good, now we should probably get you out of here.”
“Did you kill her?” she asks.
“Who?”
“My friend. The one I was arguing with before you got here.”
“No, I didn’t kill her. She ran off as soon as I set foot on the ground. Would you like me to kill her? Is she the reason for all of this?”
“No, I don’t want that. And no, I’m the reason. I betrayed the humans. They were only doing what they should’ve been.”
“No. I will not agree with that. What they were doing was wrong. Besides, I don’t care. I don’t care who you betrayed. As long as you’re mine.”
“I deserved whatever they had planned for me,” she whispers.
“No, you definitely did not. You did nothing wrong. They were just mad they didn’t have someone as sexy as me to fuckthemin the middle of the woods.”
That gets her to laugh, and the return of a smile to her face warms my heart. This is what I killed all those humans for, to see this smile again.
We look around us then, seeing dead bodies everywhere. Too many to count. Buildings and houses are on fire. Humans are getting dragged out of their houses by my men. Every last human they see will die, and I can’t say I feel bad about it.
I gave them orders to spare the ones who are at work, for Kaisax’s sake, but that was it.
I scoop her up into my arms without another word, pressing a kiss first to her cheeks, then her forehead, then finally her mouth. It’s a soft, short kiss, but I’ll give her a real one later.
Right now, I have to avenge my woman.
26
BRIELLE
“This way!”
“No! Wait–”
“I didn’t –”
I spin around, looking for any gap in the crowd to get away from this mayhem. Thali has unleashed absolute chaos, even as he cuts through people with ease.
