“What did you do to Mother?” Purple eyes blazed. “She’s ordered everyone to stay away from you.” Lindon opened his mouth to point out that her prohibition obviously hadn’t done much if Pride was there in person, but he shut the words away unspoken. Pride could sense Lindon’s power, and he’d been warned away, but here he was as though daring Lindon to annihilate him. That kind of bold stupidity grated on Lindon, but he could respect it.