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"We'll retrieve you soon for the opening ceremony."
Kharon stood taller, his skeletal tattoos stark in the dim light.
"Don't tell my wife what to do."
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Augustus stepped forward. "Watch... how you speak to my wife."
"Whatever ... I didn't actually care." Patro tried to scoff dis-missively, but his eyes were full of anguish. "I was just offering to be nice, since you're our mentee."

Oh…💔
But ohhhhh😮‍💨🔥🔥🔥😩💗💗💗💗💗

Nyx slid off my forearm onto him—Kharon jolted, his eyes wide as he stared down at where the sleeve of his suit indented
"I always knew he would be a good mate," Nyx hissed as she twined up his arm. "He smells like blood and death."
If that doesn't sum up my life.
Kharon sat up straighter and smirked at Augustus. "The killer snake likes me more than you."
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Kharon leaned toward me, like he could read my thoughts.
"How did you... survive?"
My hand drifted to the warm scales wrapped around my arm. "Nyx. Without her, I never would have made it. She ... saved me."
A forked tongue flicked against my skin.
"I’m ... glad then," Kharon said softly. "That you have her."
"Me too."
Oh kharon you’re doing good!

My House.
My lineage.
Goose bumps broke out across my skin.
My power.
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My House.
My Chair.
My Women.
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few dozen House members in matching regalia.
Augustus and Kharon moved so they flanked me, each with a hand resting on my lower back. It was the lightest of touches. but I struggled to focus on anything else.
Yesterday, they'd crawled to me, begging.
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"Didn't you agree just yesterday to give Kharon a chance?"
"I mean ... I didn't kill him?"
Exactly," Nyx hissed. "Accept the pretty jewelry. Don't be ungrateful—it's tacky."
My fingers stilled.
She had a point.
I dropped my hands, determination filling my gut. I can forgive my husbands and prove myself to Sparta.
Yess see Nyx gets it

My jaw dropped.
A necklace of glittering blue diamonds hung around my throat like a choker.
Oh.
My.
God.
"Kharon?" I whispered with dawning horror as 1 fingered the gems, entranced by how much they sparkled. Sighing hear-ily, I searched for the clasp. "I can't wear these."
"Why?" Nyx asked as she slithered down my arm.
"Because it's too much and I—"
Nyx cut me off.

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I barely noticed the lack of pain because nothing in life compared to the agony of of my unrequited love for Alexis.

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Seeing my stones around Alexis's neck made something primal and unhealthy rear up inside of me, even more so than usual.

I was a simpler man.
Diamonds, roses, weapons, and blood were my love language.
Amor gignit amorem.
was true that love begets love.
I laid the black-and-white rose next to her pillow, hoping it the shadows.