But she’d given him too much of her own power, revealed too many of her secrets.” Fiona’s sharp teeth glint in the night as she sneers at me. “Instead of dying, he found the Dark Ones, and they were more than willing to lower themselves to a mere human in exchange for the opportunity to exact their revenge for their fallen King.” I take a shaking breath, willing her to be wrong. “But he hates them,” I counter. “Of course he does,” she hisses. “He hates any reminder that he is not truly Fey, that he is weak and dependent upon our power.” Her mouth curves into a mocking smile. “But I’ve seen—”
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