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“I’m nothing like you,” I hissed.
“Oh, I know that, Saeris.” “What does that mean? That tone,” I demanded.
was wholly entirely myself. Saeris. Same dark hair. Same blue eyes. Same… I hesitated. Turned my head. My ears. The tips of my ears were pointed.
Canines. I had very long canines. And they looked sharp. “I’m… Fae?”
All our healers are sure of is that you’re no longer human.” No longer human. Not fully vampire. Not fully Fae.
What about your memory? What do you remember about Gillethrye, Saeris?”
“A part of me feels like I should thank you for saving my life.” “And the rest of you?” “Wants to kill you for what you’ve done,” I whispered.
But also the sloped ears. And the
pointed canines. And he was so tall. I punched him in the chest.
“So, Fisher’s father took you to Zilvaren when you were little to save you from Belikon.
I couldn’t believe it. I squinted at him, this Fae version of him, his true form, and almost burst out laughing. “And you were trapped there when Madra closed the gates. And then you spent the next thousand odd years just… living in Zilvaren?”
Fisher’s father had been the one to secret the true heir to the throne out of Yvelia. A thousand years later, his son had been the one to bring him back.
Go on. Ask me how I survived Malcolm’s all-powerful venom. I can tell you’re just dying to know.”
“And how did Lorreth of the Broken Spire tell it? Let me guess. He said my blood was too rancid to be affected by vampire venom.”
your father’s blood was used to create the blood curse that allowed Malcolm to become a vampire, and that a vampire can’t drink from the living members of the bloodline that created them, nor can they enthrall them.
“He also said that’s why Malcolm had Belikon kill your parents. That they were the only thing that posed a threat to him.”
“Human, Fae, or vampire. It doesn’t matter how long you live, Saeris; you will always be most sacred to me.” His smirk faded, though. “Did I do the right thing?”
My head was already shaking no. I retreated from the window. “Absolutely not. Fisher, I’m not even a full vampire. I’m half-Fae! I can’t!”