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"Ian is a ive theive me what I want It’s the beauty of business"
"And what do you want?"
She held out her hands, palhted if you ask ive"
"Ah, but power to attain it is And I’m after more than the property By the time I’m done I’ll own the council and therefore the witches"
I thought for a ure out what sort of power the VC could offer that would give Holly the authority to reign supreuys own the Veil" I looked at the va it out sooner Of course vaovernues None of the elders argued or disputed lint in Alana’s eyes was all the proof I needed
"So, by giving theive you a dereed," I snorted, er than before "You’re pathetic"
Fire burned behind her bright green eyes Before she could respond, Pernis stood, his attention on the stage The ainst the stone as he struggled
Pernis was on the stage in a blink of an eye, peering over Ian’s new body A slow s hiht of hiht then and there I realized Ian hadn’t been aware of Holly’s plan She had traded athe binds, Holly gave the order to her guards At once they attacked In aelders were up and out of their seats, a blur of h Holly’s backup All the while, Pernis renize the chaos around hi to hione and replaced with that of the body he possessed When the last guard was disare, their clothes splashed with blood Body parts littered the ground, but that was not what nauseated ht for her
"Please," I screait to his lips Even fro Her eyes ide and focusing on nothing The bloodbath she’d just seen was enough to send her into shock
I ju before er that had flown froling my arm the way Dorian had shown me, I threith as h the air and toward Aaron’s chest
The blade was inches fro me Just before it sunk into his chest, he batted it away as though it was nothing but an annoying fly My shoulders slu inher skin with blood, and guided her down the stairs They stood in front ofwith the spirits, and the roo it quicker than ever before My desperation to save Rebekah droveup like daisies all around the roolanced around the room "Impressive, but there’s no need to call in the cavalry just yet I only wish to return her to you"
My eyes widened, but I didn’t lose focus of the spirits should it be a trick
"Our only interest is in Ian," Aaron said "Once Pernis gets an idea in his head, it’s best to just go along with it" At my suspicion, Aaron explained further "Pernis does not take being betrayed by his child lightly, and he does so love to punish" Aaron held my sister’s hand out toon for dear life
Aaron walked over to Holly and her entire body froze with fear It seeht it would
"You have been a thorn in ry for power you overlooked one very i?" Holly staet who you’re dealing with" Aaron clasped the necklace hanging from her neck and yanked it free Holly’s hands went to her throat, surprise all over her face Aaron dropped the necklace to the floor and sto the room instantly faded
"We had a deal," she snarled
Aaron turned, leaving to join his sisters and brothers As Holly lifted her ar back around and hit her so hard she went flying into the nearby wall Her body cracked against the stone, sliding down in a heap
"I never liked that wo body When his eyes landed on ies for all the trouble"
"I don’t understand any of this…the bond…"
Aaron held up a hand "Ian has a long life of being Pernis’ blood slave as payainst us It’s a fate worse than death, believe me He had plans for you too, had you not retrieved Ian’s soul Be grateful you’ll never knohat those plans were As for the bond with Aiden," he shrugged "It was a backup plan" He turned to leave, but paused to say one last thing "Consider your debt paid in full"
So Aiden had been wrong--the VC didn’t want to see if I could be turned into a hybrid This entire thing was all in the na Ian He’d been so anxious to escape the realm of the dead, and noas stuck as a hu