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"Then sacrifice soe in her tone

"Like what?"

"Like hunting Never hunt and run the night again"

"You'redoes no' har to?" She narrowed her eyes "I know Lykae are mistrustful of witches, but there must be more to this deep a prejudice"

"Aye, there is" He ran his fingers through his hair "Long ago, a witch killed five of uilt of their deaths destroyed ht, no' up to the day he died"

She gasped, her face paling

"My da was just a lad at the tier than his brothers She killed thereat Hekate

"Bowen, I am so sorry that happened to your family But you should have toldto just get past this" After this revelation, she had to question if she'd ever had a shot with him "And we dance around the issue, but now I know you will never tolerate my coven And they won't accept you because you won't respect the responsibilities that I have"

"Let someone else bloody take care of the all that responsibility was te When Bowen acted as if the sun andabout doing nothing but traveling the world with hi she never asked for - and had displayed no talent for?

Yet now, seeing Bowen like this, she recalled Cade's words: "If you turn your back on your destiny - maybe to be a Lykae's browbeaten ht you She will punish you, over and over"

Mari thought of the prediction onceto keep her away from the House wasn't physically Perhaps she would be so afraid of losing yet another person she cared about that she would sacrifice anything - taking herself out of her coven, away froht like to relinquish them, but I can't turn'Look at me, I'm such an important badass' It's more like I'm scared not to assume the mantle Either way, it has to be done"

"Daer"

Browbeaten Her outrage building, she snapped, "Who the hell are you to order me around? Or to make me doubt what I am and what I was put here to do? It's obvious to me that if you can't accept what I arated, his own anger flaring "You will no' pressure e my mind in this!"