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"I didn’t knoas in the Twisted Kingdom until--" Saetan clamped his teeth to hold the words back

"Until Lucivar came to Kaeleer," Jaenelle finished for him She waved a hand dismissively before he could speak "Lucivar was in the salthe could do But you"

Saetan spaced out the words "Getting you back was the

first requireth to that task Daemon would have understood that, would have deo, and there’s nothing draining your strength now" Pain and betrayal filled her eyes "But you didn’t even try to reach hiainst the desk "Stop acting like a petty little bitch He may be your friend, but he’s also myson Do you really think I wouldn’t try to help hiain "I was so close, witch-child So close But he was just out of reach And he didn’t trust me If he would have tried a little, I would have had hidom But he didn’t trust et hihtened up "You can’t go back to Terreille"

"Don’t tell me what I can or can’t do," Jaenelle snarled

"Listen to o back to Terreille As soon as she realized you were there, Dorothea would do everything she could to contain you or destroy you And you’re still not of age Your Chaillot relatives could try to regain custody"

"I’ll take that chance I’ him to suffer" She turned to leave the room

Saetan took a deep breath and let it out slowly "Since I’ physical contact"

"But he doesn’t trust you"

"I can help you, Jaenelle"

She turned back to look at hih Lord," she said quietly

Then she walked away froreat dealhas a price

Lucivar found her in the gardens a couple of hours later" sitting on a stone bench with her hands pressed between her knees hard enough to bruise Straddling the bench, he

sat as close as he could without touching her "Cat?" he said softly, afraid that even sound would shatter her "Talk to me Please"

"I_" She shuddered

"You reh full of knife-sharp edges "I remember all of it Marjane, Dannie, Rose Briarwood Greer All of it" She glanced at him "You’ve known about Briarwood And Greer"

Lucivar brushed a lock of hair away froet it cut short, the way Eyrien warriors usually wore it "Sometimes when you have bad dreams you talk in your sleep"

"So you’ve both known And said nothing"

"What could we have said, Cat?" Lucivar asked slowly "If we had forced so, you would have thrown a fit--as well as a few pieces of furniture"

Jaenelle’s lips curved in a ghost of a s about it? I forgot hiot hiave me a silver bracelet I don’t knohat happened to it I had a picture of him I don’t knohat happened to that either And then he gave everything he had to help me, and when it was done, everyone walked away from him as if he didn’t matter"

"If you had remembered the rape when you first came back, would you have stayed? Or would you have fled froetting Daemon was the price that had to be paid in order to keep those h to face themHe would say it was a fair price"

"It’s very easy to make statements about what Daemon would say since he’s not here to deny theetting so, little witch," Lucivar said sharply "He’s my brother, and he’s a Warlord Prince I’ve known hier and far better than you"

Jaenelle shifted on the bench "I don’t blah Lord--"

"If you’re going to de in the Twisted Kingdo to have to shovel some of that blame onto me as well"

She twisted around to face him, her eyes chilly

Lucivar took a deep breath "He cao with hiht he had killed you, that he was the one who had raped you"