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And Yiosha did that.
All to maintain a family honor that has never really existed.
She hurt an innocent person, my mate, because she thought she was doing my mother a favor. All of this is, in a sense, my mother’s fault, even though she didn’t cause this directly.
My mother has spent our entire lives lecturing us and anyone who was in range to listen, about the importance of our status in society. She has drilled it into us that our mates will be a reflection of this family. She has also spent thousands of hours talking about how much she hates humans. It was almost completely inevitable that this would happen.
In fact, now that I think about it, I’m surprised that it didn’t happen sooner.
“It’s a pity,” I say slowly as I look at the zagfers. “That she will have to die. But this is what you get for fucking with my mate. I won’t say this again. It is your job, as our servants, to respect and protect Althia as if she were a dark elf. If you don’t, the consequences will be worse than what Yiosha is about to face.”
Then I lean down, grab Yiosha by her neck, and haul her into the air. And with that, I drag her out of the room.
There are a thousand thoughts rippling through my head as I take Yiosha to the next room.
Will Althia realize that all I am doing is trying to protect her? Will she hate me for killing Yiosha?
No, she will be grateful that you protected her.
Althia knows the darkness in me. She unlocked it, and she controls it. And she let it take control of her.
She will understand exactly why I am doing what I am doing.
And I know that she wants revenge as much as I do.
Yiosha is moaning and whimpering as I drag her to the next room, where Althia is curled up on the bed.
Nexus is curled up next to her, his head in the crook of her neck as if he knows that she is distressed and is trying to comfort her.
The clicking of heels behind me tells me that my mother is following me, and for the first time, I do not want her to leave.
No, this time I want her to see exactly what I am willing to do to protect Althia.
Because maybe if she sees this, she’ll understand. Maybe if she sees this, she’ll know that I’ll tear her face off if she even looks at Althia with anything other than utter happiness.
Althia sits up when my mother walks in behind me, and the look of tired confusion on her face turns to terror, and then relief when she sees Yiosha and sees the state she is in.
“I’m doing this for you,” I tell her.
24
ALTHIA
“I’m doing this for you.”
Valkus’s voice is rough as I scramble out of bed, with Nexus close by.
The air in the bedroom is thick with the tangy, sour smell of urine and the coppery, metallic smell of blood, and I think this frightens Nexus because he slinks out of the room immediately.
I think that he is also overwhelmed because Valkus is followed by his mother, Meriana, and about a dozen zagfer servants.
“What is this?” I see her then, and my heart nearly stops in my chest.
Yiosha is on the floor behind Valkus. It is clear that the smell of urine and blood is emanating from her.
She has clearly been beaten. In fact, she looks like she has been tortured.
She’s on the floor, bloody and bruised, and you’re still afraid of her.
