couldn’t tear my eyes from Irrik, and finally, finally he met my gaze. “How did you do that?” I managed, glancing toward the king’s blood nearly touching my extended foot. “Not here,” he replied tersely. His hand had shifted back to human, and the king’s blood coated Irrik’s fingers. “No!” I shouted. I extricated myself from Dyter’s arms and sprang to my feet, ignoring my shaking legs. “I want to know right now. Right now!” Cal and Dyter gasped to my right at the way I was speaking to the king’s Drae. Not the king’s anymore. Irrik’s fangs appeared again, and he forced them back, the struggle
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