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“My darling, youwoundme. What reason at all do I have to wish grave harm upon my own niece?”
Her jaw feathered furiously. I chuckled with delight. It feltgoodto be in therightfor once. I had every reason in the world to take something precious from my mate and my brother after everything they’d done to me.
“I have… a bargain I’d like to make with you.”
The suggestion was met with a scowl.
“You remember how I stole that little spark of your soul and put it in that pythos, trapping you here for all of eternity?”
She growled. It was adorable.
“Well…I dare say I’d like to give it back.”
“Why do I have a feeling that whatever stipulation you have attached to that bargain, I’ll want nothing to do with it.”
My grin grew so broad my cheeks ached.
“Oh, my love…Ye of little faith.Of course,you will. That’s the best part.”
I could feel her rage growing.
No matter.
I knew she didn’t have it in her to kill me.
Even if that’s what would be best for her.
For the realms,a dark, insidious voice inside me murmured.
“How about this… I’ll give you the pythos,andI won’t lay a finger on your precious daughter… All I want you to do is…”
The last word seemed to get stuck in my throat, and I felt my resolve cracking. Tears stung my eyes, and I suddenly had to turn away from her.
The pressure in the room seemed to deflate slightly as I began to pace in front of that gods-forsaken hearth.
Emotion clogged my throat. Each word I spoke came out with increasing fervor, my demands ending on a shout.
“You’regoing to drink from The River Oblivion,I’mgoing to shatter your pythos, andweare going to fucking be together!”
There was just one little part that I’d omitted, but… I couldn’t bring myself to speak it aloud.
Soteira’s gaze softened.
“And if I don’t?”
I scowled, unable to keep up my charade of amusement any longer.
“You want your daughter to live happy and free, don’t you?”
Soteira’s gaze hardened again, and I couldn’t fucking stand it.
“For 600 years, you’ve forced my hand. You don’t get to fucking look at me like that,” I seethed.
She continued to anyway.
I strode out the front door. The sound of soft footsteps trailed behind me.
My bottom lip quivered its disloyalty. I was tryingsofucking hard to keep it together, and the blasted thing insisted on buckling now when we were so fucking close.
