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"Then your wife is a fool ThisA no one Look at how easily ere able to subdue hiht he had Kane beat, and that’s what Kane had wanted, but hearing that sneer really irked hi the ith the Hunters because his friends couldn’t risk the dae Disaster would cause? Countless

Kane had always felt like the weak link--had always been the weak link--and he was tired of it

He juh the circle his ar his arms in front of him Thethe guy’s nose He threw the weight of his skull into the Fae next to hi and nailed the male on his other side As the soldiers sturabbed the hair of the round and Kane stouy in front of the line, wrapping his bound hands around the guy’s neck and choking Everything had happened so quickly, no one had realized as going on--until then The others sprang into action, leaping at Kane, but he kicked out one leg and then the other, sending tarriors rearing backward He spun the guy in the chokehold, knocking his body into the others and sending the backward

"Pain," he heard

Just like that, the sharpest of pains tore through him From the top of his head to the soles of his feet His knees buckled, and he hit the ground with a heavy thud

Tinker Bell’s brother? he wondered, reritted

That earned hier

Two soldiers grabbed hied hirin There was blood on his teeth "Did you see?"

"Best Night Ever"

Evil Overlord--definitely Tinker Bell’s brother--glared at Kane through eyes a slightly darker shade of blue than his sister’s "The king will order your death, despite who you are, and I’ll take great pleasure in delivering it"

"Noould your king want to kill me, hmm?"

"Because you dared lust after the princess’s blood slave"

Tinker Bell was a blood slave on top of being a servant? What exactly did that mean?

Kane was hauled up a wide set of ivory steps, the railing shaped like a winged dragon At the top, the guards passed through open double doors of dark wood and twisted iron And then, Kane was inside the palace The spacious foyer had a floor of mosaic tiles and was surrounded by life-size statues Velvet-lined walls were covered by paintings of elaborately dressed Fae

There was another staircase, and past it, a long, narrow hallway Chauards entered the last--what had to be the throne rooirls and older gentlemen Every person present had white hair and blue eyes, and every one of those eyes landed on Kane Jaws dropped Both asped with a sound he hadn’t heard since his weeks in hell Rapture

A few of the braver ladies approached hiainst hi

His storunt of distress

Mine, the demon said

Die

Yet another blade fell fro at the women, and they twittered with excitement

"Lord Kane almost bit me!"

"You’re so lucky"

"He’s even more handsome than the scribes claimed"

Scribes?

Evil Overlord shoved past anyone foolish enough to get in his way and ed Kane along for the ride, stopping in front of the crowd

Kane studied the area, taking everything in There were veins of gold running through the walls, the doors, and on the ere fabrics that appeared to be woven fro arched in the center, and vines teees

Below, there was a tiered dais covered in purple ivy, with the shest level, and the three larger thrones centered on the next one down

Evil Overlord abandoned his raceful flourish and eased into the smallest throne, and it took a uy would be allowed to sit there

He was the prince

Sohe couldn’t be Tinker Bell’s brother Could he?

Dude This doesn’t change s for you Kane flipped hiht he had Kane by the short hairs