Taunting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #2)

by Amelia Hutchins

“He made a deal with Ristan, which is how he was able to cast the spell and bring Larissa and the other ghosts back to life tonight. He did it for you.” “Oh, the hell he did! Ristan!” I seethed, turning on the Demon who brokered the deal. “Flower,” he said genially as he strolled up, as if he hadn’t just agreed to kill the only family I had left. “Let’s make a deal, Demon. My soul for his; mine is immortal,” I pleaded, narrowing my eyes on Ristan. “I don’t think so. I like being alive,” Ristan said looking over my head to Ryder, who stood behind me. “Take mine,” I begged. Ristan’s eyes grew large with the tone of my voice; I meant it, and he knew it. “I don’t need it.” “Yes, you do. You’re going to be a mother, Synthia.” “No, I’m going to be a baby factory. Alden hasn’t even loved yet! He doesn’t deserve to die to protect me. Enough people have died trying to protect me already. I won’t allow it to happen again,” I cried, feeling my entire body tremble with the knowledge that he’d done this for me, and now he’d suffer because of it. “Why would you throw your soul away, Synthia? Alden’s been marked, and, if I own his soul, they can’t touch him,” Ristan said slowly as if I was daft. “The Guild can’t kill him if he’s bound to me.” “Wait, you made this deal so you could save him?” I asked, unconvinced. “You knew,” Alden said, finally coming into the conversation. “I did. I saw you coming before you even decided on it, Warlock. You’re my wedding gift to Syn. She shouldn’t have...