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“I’ve come to… to…” The words caught in my throat.
She held up a hand. “Hold now, dear. I sense… but my, it has been a long time. A long, long time since I sensed their presence. You have come to reseal the bond.”
I nodded.
“Then you must bring your sisters into submission as you once did so long ago.”
I swallowed, my throat dry. “I’m going to try.”
“Only you shall perceive when you are worthy. Your test begins now.” The bog witch waved a hand. Darkness trickled in around the forest, blocking out the stars, the trees, the dull light glistening off the pond, until there was nothing but black.
Two stars appeared in the void, one green and one red. A third light shone out of me, white and gold, similar to the stars. My sister’s voices whirled around me, coming from the lights.
You think you deserve to rule over us?Macha said.That you should be our captor?
You can’t be on your own,I thought.You can’t be trusted.
Hypocrite, Macha hissed.
No. I helped that faerie woman who was being abused,I argued. I warned Dagda about you. I fed and protected those children.
Does a few good deeds make up for what you did? For who you are?Badb asked.
I wanted to fight them. To prove them wrong.And who am I?
A coward, Macha said.
A liar, Badb snarled.
Their words struck me like a brand searing my insides.I-I’m not.
You let all those people believe you were their queen, that you deserved to rule,Macha said.
When you were really looking out for your own neck,Badb agreed.As you have always done.
My light flickered.No, Ornan stopped me. He—
Green and red. Green and red. The colors circled me, filled my vision.Ornan is an excuse. You had plenty of time to warn the others before he forbade you. He only gave you a cover so you could pretend you were good,one said.
Pretend you were worthy,said the other.You know what you are. Remember Thaya. Think of your family and friends. They know who you truly are.
I was the reason Thaya was dead. My family and friends doubted me, looked at me with distrust and for good reason. I’d hurt them, betrayed them, disappointed them.
And now, I’d devastated the person who believed in me above all others.
And soon you shall betray him again,one growled.
Leave him again,the other taunted.Betray the Otherworld.
No, I thought.No, I—
It is inevitable.
It is who you are.
You cannot change it.
Admit it. You are no better than us.
