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Neo captures his sister’s hand and bows his head to kiss it. “Thank you, Nita.”
“Where’s Lux?” I gaze around at the suite as if expecting her to show at any minute.
Quillion clears his throat and responds, “As soon as Neo fled the Court with you, she and Father left the Tenth Court together. That was the last report I heard about an hour ago.”
“That’s all it’s been?” I lift my brows, a little incredulous.
Neo shrugs and leans in to fold my lips back in a supple kiss. “Centuries of finesse, my love.” My sex releases a little burst of Halo glitter.
“Oh…prostrate servant again?” echoes Nita next to us.
Collecting my thoughts, I murmur against Neo’s mouth. “Lux! Lux is the Scourge, Neo!”
He nods and kisses me again. “I know. I could taste her essence when I sucked the Scourge from you.”
“She’s got to be at the border.”
Nita shakes her head. “I know where she is. I know where they are. Neo, are you prepared?”
Grinning to exhibit all his teeth and fangs primed, Neo unleashes one hammering strike of his destruction and proclaims, “My wife has made mestronger.” With the full harvest moon shedding its rays all over us, Neo extends his hand to me and purrs the request, “Come with me, my warrioress?”
I grab his hand and practically haul him out of bed. “I thought you’d never ask!”
Chapter31
“Neo, crush Mordere’s army. Lux is mine.”
On my way to the sanctum of the Infinity Wardrobe, I chance a glance at the portal wall, finding it strange that Thanatos doesn’t even whisper beyond. No offerings of frost roses. No shade voice to tempt me. All is quiet and cold.
Shaking off the suspicion because there is no time to speculate, I step inside the Infinity Wardrobe and change into my battlefield attire: the same ones I’d donned when I first stepped into the portal to capture a ghoul. Now, I will capture Lux.
Once I emerge from my personal suite, Neo and Nita wait for me arrayed in full battle gear, though Neo will shatter his diamond suit as soon as he transforms into the Dragon. I vow that I’ll ride his Dragon tonight in nothing but my glowing, glorious skin!
It takes Neo a few minutes to shadow us beyond the Iron Walls, beyond the tent city to the boundaries of that abandoned cargo train where Mordere’s army awaits us…and Lux stands on one side of the Father and my mother on the other. The blood moon remains an undaunted scarlet circle far above our heads, cascading its beams upon the battlefield.
I cock my head to the side, and Neo allows me to step forward and challenge the Father, “I gave Neo a new heart, you sick son of Satan.”
The Father grins, point blank. “Too true, sweet, little angel. But it doesn’t mean I can’t take it back. Or stake a claim to your former ally, Death.” The origin of all vampires taps his mouth cunningly to hint, “Unless…”
Neo growls, “Unless what?”
“A Triumvirate twist?” he proffers, hands behind his back and sauntering toward Neo and me.
Nita remains in position, eyes marking Lux and discerning for any trace of rebellion while Neo and I deliberate with the Father.
“What do we get out of it?” I wonder, thrusting my chin forward, already knowing what will happen. Because I’ll be damned if I let the Father steal Thanatos’ new heart, Neo’s old heart I rebirthed. That belongs to me, too. And I…want both. I’ll settle for nothing less than both.
The Father circles me, reaching out to finger the curls that have escaped my braid, but Neo seizes his wrist, shoving his own Father away from me. I smile up at my husband as his hand settles on my waist and wait for the Father’s response.
With his hands secured behind his back, the Father practically glides around us and offers, “I’ll forsake any claim to all hearts and even his memories and end the Scourge.”
Lux flicks her eyes toward us, startled by the revelation, but she does not challenge her maker, so to speak.
“In exchange?” I thread my brows low as the Father finishes his circle, remaining just a few inches before me.
“We all know I cannot take your heart, little angel. But…” he grins, feral and hellish, dark eyes like Chasm pits themselves and nothing like Thanatos and his nebulous haze housing constellations ready to burn. “I will takeyourmemories this time.”
“We get everything else?” I question him.
