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I don’t translate quickly enough. “What?” “Something on display. A part of you.” On display like?— Oh, gods. My heart sits on Amadeus’s mantle in his chambers within the citadel. Fuck, I forgot I told Crypt about that. If he was trying to track that down… I need a heart, but going to Amadeus’s citadel…

Everett keeps up with me, looking around quickly to make sure no Reformists are in this area of the castle. “It was just a few people who annoyed me.” A few? I stare at the rows of immaculately frozen people, monsters, and ravens gleaming in the cold sunlight. Small piles of powdery snow gathered atop…

“If something were to happen to that armor, it would invite Arati’s considerable temper. Finding where she keeps it should be an easy task for you.” She’s clearly guessed that I plan to annoy the gods, but… “You’re helping me?” I ask. “You’re surprised.” “More like skeptical. Let’s not pretend like you’ve done me any…

I kiss her before rolling off, watching with lingering desire as Frost moves on the bed to kiss her next, brushing hair out of her face. “I’ll help you shower,” he offers, voice thick. Our keeper peeks over to where Crane is watching with lust-filled eyes. “Silas will. He’s thirsty,” she adds with a grin….

I’m buried momentarily in sheer cold, unable to breathe as exhaustion from whatever the fuck I just did with holy magic kicks in. Finally, I work my way partially out of the snow drift to cough and grimace in pain, brushing snow out of my face with my good arm to blink blearily at the…

But I can’t lose consciousness now. There’s no way I’m leaving my survival odds up to this feral beast, which is already practically crushing me in its hand. I can barely see through the scales encompassing me, but I realize it’s dipping low over the top of Everbound Forest, close enough that its back legs…

? — “Don’t call her that ever again,” I snap in fae, swatting at what I’m certain is a winged imp beside me, but it turns out to be another figment of my mad mind. Douglas stares at me, mutters something about needing a raise, and picks up the spell ingredients. But just as he’s…

My fangs puncture through a warm neck, immediately finding the carotid artery as the shrieking inside my head increases. I ignore the voices and drink heavily, squeezing my eyes shut and moaning at the flavor. It’s fucking divine. So much stronger than I remember, though I still can’t pinpoint where I’ve had this delicacy before….

Her attention is clinical as she examines me. I can only imagine what she sees. I know Everett makes that bounty hunter magically feed and clean me now and then, and Lillian tries to help me on my better days, but whenever I’m not simmering in lunacy, I black out. Sometimes I wake up covered…

“I tried,” I mutter to the absence around me. Not enough. Even with sacrificing your magic, you were never going to be enough. I deserved better than you. You should have accepted my rejection, but now look what became of our quintet. Our fates are your fault. My head rolls from side to side as…