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The only small comfort was that I’d made Hellen suffer by slicing through one-third of her neck
I thought she said it was a quarter… actually she did because I just read the other book minutes ago… but this is only an example of what I wrote in my reviews.
The sound of flapping wings and the blood-chilling yowls of the bloodhounds rushed into my ears.
Bloodhounds? He really is taking her back there?
No one else could be my equal, but you’re close to it, especially once you turn into an immortal Fae in a few months.
In a few months? Last book just said a whole year because I remember complaining about it…
do not want to animate your corpse, as you’re meant to be my fated mate.
Fated, huh? Seems more like forced…
Seven-year-old me broke the chains and charged Ragnarö, who held the blade.
Last book said she broke free after he beheaded her parents and before he beheaded her siblings.
I tried not to gasp like I was drowning, tried not to show the slightest reaction to offer the Ice God a hint of what was running through my mind as I stared at his radiant black wings arched behind his shoulders in the mirror.
Why is the same scene broken up like this? It’s the rest of the last chapter! You would think it would be a new scene with how the last one closed and this one opened but it’s the exact same scene!
“We’ll wed in seven weeks, which shall give you enough time to be ready,
Seven weeks!? Yeah, that’s plenty of time to be saved. She should have told Loki more about his damn family though.
“But before I take my leave, allow me to reintroduce an old friend of yours. I hope you still remember him.”
Archer. I knew it.
He had his minion bring Archer—no, the thing—into my presence to torment and test me. I ordered myself to be steady, even though acid boiled in my veins. “Joy,” I said without much emotion. “Are you showing me that you’ll turn me into that thing as well, my Lord God?
Why didn’t she just act like she didn’t know who it was? She knows they messed with her memories so. Easy peasy.
The selfish prick had withdrawn and left no trace for anyone, even me, to detect.
Huh? Last book said he yawned as “Tessa” made her approach. Now the wolf is dormant?
Tessa seemed to have read my mind and turned up the voltage of her brilliant smile,
Didn’t this open saying she was waiting for him to kiss her? And we’re still reading this nonsense?
It might be a bit too showy, considering she’d been pretty modest in the past.
I really hope someone is compelling him because this is still ridiculous.
Her ice, for the first time, quenched the fire that I meant to reignite for her.
Idiot.
Maybe my beast could. He’d always been horny when Tessa was around.
And that should be another clue after the 15 or so you already had…
At my summoning, he withdrew further, lurking in the deep shadow and refusing to show himself. He had no intention of letting Tessa know about his presence.
Another clue. Is he afraid of her?
Typical, I thought with annoyance.
Please stop. This entire chapter seems to be a waste of time .
Like a phony, I traced my thumb over her burning cheek, feather light.
Burning cheek? Loki, you’re an idiot. The author is making him so superficial as to say he was only drawn to her looks be because there are so many other attributes that tells him it’s not her but he says it is because she looks similar… wrong eye color, swag while walking, etc.
I wondered if there’d ever been stars above my kingdom.
Hold up. I thought she couldn’t leave hell until the trial was over, which it’s not since the crown was shattered and other contestants still live, the wolves for example. I thought they said the Wild Hunt would pull her back. I wonder where she teleported them to and how long will it take them to get to Loki, Esme or Marigold.
His presence still brought me terror, and his touch burned worse than the coldest ice, even though ice was my Fae element.
Repetitive
He would summon me soon, and I wasn’t looking forward to it.
Isn’t she in bed? Thin sheet she said.
thought if I returned you to your Ice Kingdom, you’d be the opening I needed to end the Ice God’s abominations once and for all. I thought if we worked together, we’d take down Ragnarö together.
Not telling her the plan that obviously involved her was incredibly stupid. Plus, it sounds suspicious to send her there when she was all messed up like that.
He sighed in sorrow and shook his head. “No, I can’t do it, especially when you have a new life in you now.”
Pregnant? How could the Ice God not know after experimenting on her?
For the first time, I felt warmth as another spark of flame shot up in my belly, roaring to life and announcing its existence. The new life! I felt him inside me. I pressed my belly protectively. I was pregnant with a son.
Roaring to life huh? A roaring magical embryo because it’s been less than a month since they first mated… and it seems like she hasn’t been here long.
Don’t be so dramatic. My beast suddenly surfaced and murmured between yawns of boredom.
This makes no sense… the beast finally shows himself and only says this? No sense. Time to skim…
And I need this nap as I’ve been overexcited ever since I met Mate and have been crazy busy making sure you don’t fuck it up.
He mentions Tessa but not the important part?
I don’t want her to sense me since I need to solve an issue for us, and I can’t afford for her to detect me. She’d know who I am. Solve my ass. You betrayed our mate. You begged and begged for her favor and affection, wanting to mark her. And now it’s going to happen, you ran like a coward and an asshole. He hissed. I don’t want to mark her anymore. She’s wrong for me!
What? First paragraph basically says he knows it’s not her (the wolf) and the last sounds like he’s saying it’s Tessa and he’s rejecting her. Why doesn’t he just spell it out and make it clear? Too much ridiculousness.
I’m letting you figure it out this time. He added another chuckle.
Ridiculous. This woman is a threat, clearly, and he’s going to let him figure it out? Knowing Tessa is currently missing and in danger if this chick is replacing her? Make this shit make sense and be logical for a wolf that is obsessed with his mate…
Mate smelt wrong this time, he said. Motherfucker! I exploded. You changed heart like changing underwear, and now you blame Tessa’s scent instead of admitting you’re an unworthy asshole?
Time to skim…
She reached out to me, not to you, the wolf said. Before I could answer her, everything blacked out. I tried to re-establish the link but couldn’t. Even now, my soul still feels like it’s being hollowed out, as if I’ve lost my mate for good.
It’s funny how Loki has claimed her and the wolf hasn’t bitten nd imprinted but he has a stronger bond to her than the man himself… makes absolutely no sense.
If Tessa Morrigan was the destined Queen of Hell, she wouldn’t have brought back a broken crown, even if it had been patched up afterwards.
You already said that and dismissed it…
Esme was the responsible one. She would make sure the party ran well and wild and keep Hell’s future queen happy, though I’d warned her not to get too close to Tessa.
He should tell them…
She wore a revealing red gown that displayed half of her ample breasts and a good portion of her white thighs.
And he should know Tessa’s body is scarred all over…
Her seductive power rippled through the room. She was showing me that she was my equal in every way.
She’s doing a horrible job at pretending to be Tessa.
This Tessa loved extravagance and wanted all the limelight, but then she’d earned the right to indulge herself, hadn’t she?
Why is he still being stupid, like his brain isn’t registering what he has mostly concluded about her being an imposter?
like a greedy spider that wanted to mate before eating her partner.
That’s exactly what she wants though.
My hands moved up her arms, her skin burning with heat. Tessa used to have cool skin.
Now it registers?
But where are your old scars? What happened to them? You used to have three long scars on your left thigh.”
They were on her chest by her breast…
Those long scars from her left shoulder to her right breast told how my mate had once suffered and survived.
Why are we recapping this right now?
Before she could pull up her gown to cover herself and walk out on me,
Walk out on you to where? Y’all were avatars in a fantasy realm in a crystal ball…
Wrong answer. My Tessa would dump me in a heartbeat if I dared to call her scars ugly.
You already know it’s not her so what is this?
This Tessa on my lap was a total fake. I was very sure now. My blood ran colder than ice when I considered the question of where my true mate was.
It took all of that to come to this conclusion? Now you’re worried about where she is?
She licked her lips. “You like to call me your whore, don’t you, my king?”
Why would she even assume that? It’s ridiculous.
I’m the champion while the other contestants are all dead.”
Where are the damn wolves?
conjuring up a brooding look that women usually bought.
Lol
I had no need for any further confirmation.
Ridiculous… as if all of that was needed…
I should have been the one who held the court, but it was his now.
Yes, we know…
An Asgardian goddess. A shapeshifter. God Loki’s daughter. Your aunt.
Now he knows exactly who she is? What is this mess?
“But—but, Your Majesty…” Asmodeus stuttered.
Shut up Asmo!
Pythius, however, kept his distance and watched the events unfold carefully.
Shouldn’t the Duke of Deception have picked up on something from the moment Fake Tessa walked into the hall wrong, unlike the Tessa everyone knew?
“You have no idea, darling.” I chuckled darkly as I produced two sets of manacles and tossed one to each of the dukes.
Hope those are magic binding cuffs…
