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"He was" Within that od as both rough and gentle, and determined to pleasure her, to please her in all ways Outside in Oblivion, he&039;d been her protector, ready to sacrifice hione, replaced by a seething Scarba who&039;d looked like he wanted her heart on a platter

And who ht have murdered his own mother That tidbit hadn&039;t been in the dossier And still Carrow thought, If he did it, then the de

Lanthe studied her face "If he was perfect for you before, he no longer is now You have to get him out of your head, have to move on You heard him, he wants to kill you I know this well - there are soive, even of their ged "Even if you got a chance to tell the deht just punish Ruby as well, including her in his revenge He is still a Trothan deht" Carrow hadn&039;t thought about that "He can&039;t know about her"

"Why did you let yourself come to care for the demon when you kne this would end?"

"It just happened" She&039;d already been teetering on the brink when he&039;d gazed down at her and called her "wife" The pride in his expression had pushed her over the edge Carroas a wo cherished, and he&039;d made her feel that way, every minute of the day

"The Order must have known you&039;d be his," Lanthe said "I&039; more and more convinced they have an immortal informant, a soothsayer able to direct theht the same"

"There are too many connected Loreans here for it to be coincidence They use e to force us to do their bidding Even to capture our own That&039;s part of the reason they&039;ve been able to fill up so "uickly around here"

"What do you think they&039;re doing with Malkom?" Carrow asked

"They won&039;t kill him No matter how ley mean by Chase and the cookie jar?"

"He tortures Regin repeatedly," Lanthe said "There&039;s so favor - inues constantly with his superior, some nameless, faceless man ants to study us Whereas Chase only wants to exterminate us"

Carrow pinched her forehead, beset orry for Malkom

Lanthe patted her shoulder "Look, what&039;s done is done You need to focus on keeping Ruby safe and healthy And, of course, on escaping so you can slay Fegley"

Carroed, "It&039;s going to be bloody - "

Malkoave a cry "He&039;s being held here, in this very corridor!"

Malko himself in some bizarre cell, his body riddled with injuries When he&039;d comprehended that he was not in his world, not with his wouish had been wrenched froain Not by her, not azed down and saw that a collar like hers ringed his neck A slave collar He gripped it in two fists, yanking with all his strength Nothing It budged not one inch

She&039;d turned him into a slave once more

"I will kill you, witch!" he bellowed Could she hear him? Was she near? He sensed that she was, just as he had that first night in Oblivion when she&039;d concealed herself from him

It didn&039;t matter where she was; he would pursue her to the ends of this world and any others

He rose unsteadily on his injured legs, barely able to lilass that kept him jailed Other creatures from a number of factions were i hilass with his fists, a ainst that wall, ve poisoned air" He sounded a Malkom of the va"

The mortals - the same order of soldiers that had come to his world repeatedly

What did they want from him? Why had they sent Carrow to Oblivion to lure him out?

Their trap had worked so well Malkom had wanted what she&039;d offered so da between him and the witch over the last week - the best of his life - had been part of yet another betrayal

At the portal opening, she&039;d behaved as if she regretted deceiving hi she said or did could be trusted She&039;d also told him they&039;d be bound forever And he&039;d stupidly believed her When would he learn? If you believe, then you invite misery

Malkom had been born just to be punished

Just not by her He roared to the ceiling again, his eyes going ith loss I would relive all those treacheries to take this one back

On the heels of that gut-wrenching feeling of loss, fury set in, a wrath de to be appeased He was born to be the punisher as well Malkom had meted out retribution to anyone who&039;d betrayed him

Carroould fare no differently He would deteret free, then hunt her down

Malkom had turned on Kallen, whom he&039;d loved as a brother The witch would pay a thousand times over

Those who betray me do it only once