Order of Scorpions

by Ivy Asher

Now is the time to show all of them the monster they created.

Maybe it’s time to cut the puppet strings and hunt down Tilleo and his cronies instead. I don’t owe him anything, especially not some Order member’s death.

My cuts under his upper arms must not have been deep enough, because he’s not bleeding to death nearly as fast as I was hoping he would.

She's a terrible assassin.

or I can hide beneath the bed; I’m screwed either way.

Not really. Cutting his achilles tendon would be perfect. Stop fighting like a man and fight like a women.

but you begrudge us for doing the best we could with what we were handed?”

The difference is they expect FORGIVENESS

The fiery words sitting on my tongue crumble to ash in my mouth, and I stand there, gaping at Curio, with no idea how to respond to that.

Not only did they leave her to die or be sold in the flesh market, but they killed her kidnapper so she couldn't be returned to her family. Yet they want forgiveness .

If Tarek, Riall, and I can find family and purpose with each other, Auset can too.

She already has a family

“She was taken, abandoned, abused, and now you expect her to just trust us as she falls on her back and spreads her thighs for you?

So glad they finally get it.

She wasn’t who she is now, and it’s because of who she is now that she’s ours.

I drop it with a yelp and look down at the angry burn now marring my hand.

I thought she had gloves