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There was no moral good or evil. There was only what was fated and what was not. What was Right by the threads our goddess wove, and what was a deviation of what should be.
But do not dampen your fire. You’ll need it for what’s ahead.”
And just when I thought he didn’t have anything to say at all, he spoke. Four words in Obitraen. “What did that mean?” I asked.
He let out a wordless sound through his teeth. My brow furrowed. Surely I was hallucinating, to think that Atrius’s presence, forever unbreakable, forever solid, forever silent, was now screaming—screaming in utter terror. Over me. Ridiculous.
It was in Obitraen, and yet somehow I knew exactly what he was saying: Kill them all.
Another wordless sound, a choked groan. “You shouldn’t be here.” This time he spoke against my mouth—not quite a kiss, but the promise of one. I whispered, “Why?” “Because you make me ravenous.”
didn’t know you were so old-fashioned,” I said. “One fuck and suddenly you’re proposing marriage and crowns and—”
“Your offering is very noble,” she said, “But I do not want it. Your death is of no value to me. But your life... I see that something of great usefulness may come of that.”