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She so to Dena Nehele"

"No"

"Once you’re safely ho the others--"

"NO!"

Lia shoved hih to break his hold on her She stuained her balance

"Don’t be stubborn about this, Lia," Jared growled

Her gray eyes darkened "You’re a fine one to accuse anyone else of being stubborn"

Jared gritted his teeth "You’ll be safe"

"I knew the risks when I agreed--"

"You knew nothing!" Jared shouted "You were supposed to et you safely homeYou , Lia Despite what you may want to believe, those ot to Dena Nehele So get it into your stubborn little head that you’re going ho to Ration’s Wood--"

Jared spewed every obscenity he could think of

"Those people are my responsibility, Lord JaredMine "

Jared bared his teeth "My Jewels are darker than yours, which h psychic restraints it’ll take your granny half a day to undo them all and dump you on your father’s doorstep He o in the first place, but if his balls still work, he won’t let you go again no randmother says!"

"How dare you say that about ht do you have to make demands of me?"

"I serve you"

Lia shook her head "No, you don’t The others, yes, until the journey ends But not you"

It felt like a large fist had just punched hiet his breath "I serve you," he said hoarsely "I wear the Invisible Ring" The Silver Ring

"There is no Ring!" Lia raked her fingers through her hair "There never was a Ring! It was only a bit of Craftand s the Ring of Obedience"

"I wear your Ring," Jared insisted

"Listen toI ?"

Daemon Sadi

But he didn’t say that He took the verbal blows, unwilling to consider why they hurt so much "Why?"

Lia took a couple of wobbly steps and oodWarlord"

"You couldn’t have known that about me"

"I’m a Queen," she said wearily "I knew But as you just pointed out, your Jewels outrank mine, and there was a lot of hate in you that day I couldn’t leave you there, and I couldn’t control you"

"You could have used the Ring of Obedience"

Lia paled "Do you--" She sed hard "Do you think I could have used that--"

Either she couldn’t think of a word obscene enough or couldn’t bring herself to say it

No, Jared thought as he carefully sat on the edge of the bed She couldn’t have used the Ring of Obedience

"I knew I couldn’t control you," Lia said "And I couldn’t afford to fight you I thought you’d escape as soon as your body healed Then you folded up inside yourself and I didn’t knohat to do I kept thinking you’d go As soon as you realized there was nothing holding you, you’d go"

But sohad held him back

Jared rubbed the back of his neck as he stared at his feet Had she really counted on hi of the journey? Had she counted on one less le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>