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I snort, then immediately feel horrible about it. A man is dead—a horrible man, yes, but it still isn’t a time for flirting and laughing. I pull in a shaky breath and ask, “Are you okay? With…what happened? I know he was a monster, but he was still your brother.”
“I don’t feel anything,” he says in a softer voice. “Not sadness. Not happiness. Just…relief, I guess. He wasn’t my brother anymore. He hadn’t been for a long time.”
“I’m so sorry,” I say, my chest tight. “I don’t know if my sister is my sister anymore, either. I guess we’ll see. If she backs down now that Bane is gone and agrees to make peace, then maybe there’s still some good left in her.”
“And if she doesn’t, we’ll have to fight her and Bane’s army. He might prove even more powerful dead than he was alive. Fanatics love a martyr.”
I shake my head. “No. Kelley will help put a stop to this. She will. I’ll talk to her and convince her that her plan isn’t necessary anymore. I’ll prove to her that you’re not a monster and everything is going to be okay.”
“I hope so,” Maxim says. “I really do.”
But I can tell he doesn’t believe an easy out is in the cards for us.
And as much as I hate to admit it, I don’t either. I think tonight was just the beginning, not the end, and that there’s still far more blood to be spilled.
