But I pull on the shirt anyway because Aurelia is nearby and I want to look nice when we finally reunite. I hate her, and she’s half-mad, but she’s my regina, and my animus is howling at me to look my best for her. Pulling the T-shirt on, I scratch at the rune on my index finger, a little gift from the Serpent King. Blood deals are dangerous, and our kind don’t like to mix with them, but this particular one we all made an exception for. Aurelia needs to die. She’s a danger to me, my brothers and everything we’ve worked for. And if her dad wants to be the one to do it, then by the Old Laws, he
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