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Willingaway the wet emotion tarnishing my face, I folded in front of her, and she stumbled backwards. I caught her by the wrist.
“Keres,”she breathed, chest heaving in shock.
It took everything within me to maintain my composure. Still gripping her, I pulled her against me. And despite 600 years of betrayal, the peaks of my breasts still strained towards her, and my core became slick with my arousal as her scent filled my nose and my breasts grazed hers.
My lips curled with delight at the faint scent of her own arousal. It brought me no small amount of satisfaction that I could still affect her this way. Even though I knew she was loyal to my brother, despite the fact that he’d destroyedeverything.
I pushed the thoughts away.
“Lovely to see you again, darling.”
“How did you… You?—
I lifted my hand, wiggling my ringed fingers to boast theKassarmaya.It was a rather plain-looking thing - simple polished black stone fromAkashknew what realm, fitted into a simple silver setting. But I imagine that was the intent of thedemiurgethat had created it. The only discerning feature was the glowing rune on theinsideof the ring.
Even so, her lips parted in recognition.
As if trying to summon Mors, her nervous gaze flicked to our surroundings.
“He’s not home, is he?”
I already knew the answer. Thanks to my allies, I’d known he wouldn’t be home until it was too late.
Soteira’s delicate throat dipped.
The moment I turned my back on her and strode into their home, my mask of amusement shattered. I steeled myself for what I was about to do.
You can do this, Keres. You’ve driven countless beings from their mortal forms. There is no such thing as death. Partiality is for the weak. This is the only way.
The sight of Soteira’s and Mors’ stupid, cozy hearth and all the precious little knickknacks decorating the mantel was all it took to harden my resolve hardening once more.
Soteira and I had once had a mantel and hearth decorated like that.
Forcing a lightness I didn’t feel, I whirled to face her.
“You know… I saw the damnedest thing today…”
Soteira was abominable when it came to guarding her emotions. As terrifying as this little goddess could be when provoked, she had a heart of fuckinggoo.No matter how much she’d try to pretend otherwise, I knew that she’d missed me all these years. It was the way ofsoulbound.
Even if my brother had severed our tether.
Realization lit her eyes withfear.
Oh, yes, precious mate. Your betrayal truly knows no bounds.
“I saw a female today… She hadbreathtakingwings…”
There were only a handful of beings that had wings like ours. Black and boasting four of them instead of two.
Her brow hardened, eyes darkening with the promise of violence.
There she is.
My grin stretched, my heart kicking up at the unspoken confirmation.
“What have you done?”She seethed, power crackling at her fingertips.
I gave her a look of mock offence. I was petty enough to enjoy the sight of her barely leashed wrath. After all, it was the most I’d gotten from her in 600 years.
