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“Thank you,lohane thili,” he murmured against my skin.
“Though in public, I imagine…
“Yes, it would be wise to conceal your wings to prevent drawing too much attention…”
“Are you able to glamor them?”
I nodded distantly, thoughts wandering back to his chosen family as we neared the camp.
“Do you think they’ll be upset with me for leaving?”
“Not at all. You had every reason to.They understand.”
Silence stretched for a few moments as we soared, and I found myself finally able to appreciate the beauty and the peace to be found so high above everything.
“We kept one, by the way…”
Kept one?
“One what?One of the bandits?”
“A prisoner of theirs, technically.”
“…There’s a reason you haven’t freed them…”
Not a question but a bitter realization.
“Sheisfree… She just doesn’t have anywhere to go. And she needs protection. But yes, there is something that I hope she will agree to so the Queen doesn’t put a price on your head for treason.”
I craned my neck to finally look up at him as the world below continued to pass by beneath us.
“… What?”
“We’ve found a mimicryx,” he replied smugly.
My face slackened in shock.
“But… I thought they were… gone.”
And I had been one of a handful who had made sure of that.
Guilt and shame twisted in my gut.
“Zurie missed a few apparently…”
During the war, she ordered that all Mimicryx be executed for not siding with her. Deemed too great a threat to be allowed to live.
My mouth hung open as I realized why he would want to use the mimicryx…Gods.
The smell of blood grew stronger as we neared the horde’s camp. When we finally descended, I couldn’t help but notice that not a corpse remained in sight.
“Where’d all the dead go?”
Nakoa cleared his throat as though surprised by the question.
“Rayne’s shadowy friends have a ratherlargeappetite.”
My brows leapt towards my hairline just as my stomach swooped before Nakoa landed gracefully near a campfire where Famei was making breakfast and the rest of Nakoa’solana kah’heisat sipping cups of coffee. Among them was the mimicryx, and I couldn’t help but notice Rayne hovering nearby, watching her.
