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“I kno ony and disillusion now is as absolute”

“Yeah, I know” At his exasperated growl, A to have a perpetually pissed off lion for an ally”

“You won’t have anything if you keep condescending to me”

“No condescension This tirinned “Tell you what I’ll work on Laylah I’ll exasperate her until she has to talk to you again”

The hope that Laylah ain caused Rashid’s throat to alnaniain, Amjad, and I’ll hand you my neck on the end of a leash”

Amjad winked at him “That’s how I like my allies Done”

Then with one more smirk, Ahts of tearing through the palace looking for Laylah roiling like thunderclouds through his mind

But ould he do when he found her? She was no longer his Laylah, but the woraded her like he had What could he do to atone?

Before he could h the palace doors He watched them stride toward him, their steps and expressions laden with fury

Haidar almost slammed into him, did punch him in the chest “You lied to me”

Jalal wrenched hiet the throne, didn’t you?”

Haidar jerked hi for Amjad to still endorse you for the throne of Azmahar? Yeah, we know he thinks you’re the number one candidate That weasel But he turned out to be a stupid one You had even him fooled”

Rashid shoved the twins away “You two and the throne can go to hell I’d send you all there if I had time for you But I don’t”

He storht up with hi rooain,” Haidar hissed

“We’re getting everything out in the open once and for all” Jalal turned froes of cutting the he could do in his sleep, deluged his ression with the last tatters of control, he glared at the you don’t knohy I hate you? You’re still trying to slither your way out of any responsibility, you sons of a serpent?”

“Shut up, you exasperating son of a” Haidar jerked his shoulders uneasily “I have no idea what your mother was, but I sure as hell won’t call her na your mother a serpent is a terrible insult—” he bit off “—to the worst human snake who ever lived But you want my version of what happened? So you can have a complete picture? Fine”