Varlett licked her bottom lip. “Why? Because you had everything I wanted. Immortality, might, love, devotion, the god of magic who I knew could give me power like I’d never dreamed.” Her reptilian eyes flicked to Hel. “I learned how to create illusions from your personal spell book that you stupidly left unguarded in your castle.” She turned back to Valeen. “You even had the heart of my betrothed, and now because you were foolish enough to make a deal with me, everything that happens to me, happens to you. If I die, so will you. If I get a scratch, so will you. I bet my life on you, the
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