![]() “You did this yourself! Don’t you even attempt to blame me! Not when you’re the thief and caused this!” “So that’s it then? After all these years of protecting you, caring for you, you throw me out?” She scoffed at his sorry excuse for an apology. She hugged her pillow against her as guilt rose up. “Virag! Go away! He’ll be back any moment and he’ll be furious. “Aye! Now, go away before he returns and hears you.”īy the saints, why had she told him that? She could kick her own posterior for being so foolish. “Why do you think? You’re forbidden to come here.” He paused for a long time before he spoke again. She glanced around the walls of her bedroom, where she sat alone. She started to ignore him, but she knew she couldn’t just vanish and not tell him what had happened to her. With a curse under her breath, Edilyn froze as she heard Virag’s voice in her head. If need be, he’d carve it from his own chest and hand it to her. If he had to die, he wanted it to be for his rose. And while he knew that an iron rod bent while hot, he wasn’t rushing into this. ![]() A dark harbinger was stalking them.īut Illarion refused to let fear rule him. Aye, there was something the Chthonian was withholding. Let her be your balm and beware those who seek to divide you.”Īnother chill of foreboding went down his spine at those words. “With all good comes an equal share of bad. But remember, little dragon, from a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.” How many times do I have to tell you and your brother that you should lead with that whenever you want a favor from me, as it’s one of the few things I truly find motivational?” Savitar slid off his board, to float in the water. Damn, Dragon … damn.” A deep, dark sadness descended over Savitar’s features.Īt least you get to piss off the Greek Fates.Ī slow, insidious smile curved Savitar’s lips before he laughed deep in his belly. I’d tell you to get out before it’s too late, but I can see that you’re already drowning in that stupidity. Have you never had a woman you would do anything for? Yeah, Savitar must have really pissed off the wrong god at some point in his life for that to be his fate. Once the inevitable course was laid and irreversible. That he could only see once it was too late to stop it. To know everything, except the one final truth. His curse that immobilized him was to be damned to see every single outcome. Which was why Savitar stayed secluded here where he could impact no one’s future and see nothing of the world around him or his part in anyone’s life. But given the myriad of possibilities of what I see … not sure I’d chance it.” I won’t see the absolute, final path until after I bind you. “You know I can only see what currently is, and all what could be. Illarion went cold at those dire words of warning that sent an icy dagger skimming up his spine. I certainly hope for your sake that’s true.” Maybe the price for it will be worth it in the end. For you can only see the angel in her eyes today. Even if I were to tell you the price you would ultimately pay for it, you’d still tell me it doesn’t matter. We’re so desperate for some semblance of sanity that we will take whatever shred of it we can find-to hell with the consequences. “The madness we, the damned, find when we seek salvation. You think you know, but you really have no clue.” He turned his head to pin him with a hostile glare. ![]() “Do you understand what you’re asking me to do?” In fact, he held it for so long that Illarion began to fear the bastard was dead.įinally, he blinked slowly. Anyway, back to the topic at hand … I want to bond with her. He couldn’t really deny that in good faith. I hear from Max that you partake of it quite a bit yourself.” “One of the few pleasures left in my long, insufferable life. You enjoy playing the asshole, don’t you? Illarion rolled his eyes and shook his head. “What? None of your brothers ever had a sex talk with you? Well … it’s not a hard concept to master. Now what brings you to these treacherous waters, my little rubber dragon?” And you’re lucky I share your feelings toward most of the world. Snorting, Savitar passed an irritated grimace at him with those eerie lavender eyes. If memory serves, and it does, you wanted the Arcadians and Katagaria put down.” “As I recall, that was directed more toward your brother than you, as you weren’t particularly cooperative that day when the offer was made. You told me once that I could ask a favor. It was that grudge Illarion was hoping to exploit today. There was no denying or ignoring the fact that he had a hard-on for them that no one understood. And for reasons only Savitar knew, he more than any other Chthonian in history seemed to enjoy exercising that ability-especially against the three Greek Fates. Only a Chthonian had the powers and authority to make the gods back down.
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