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Laylah made a sound of choked disbelief For years she had treated the babe as if it were her own She had held him in her arms and slept with him in her bed

Granted, the stasis spell made it impossible to truly touch Maluhia, but she had sensed him deep in her heart Hadn’t she?

She shook her head, refusing to believe that it had been part of the spell to compel her to care for the child The stasis was broken after all, and she could still feel the connection to Maluhia It was in every beat of his tiny heart

Her baffled gaze shifted over two babies lying side by side

They were both the size of a three-month-old human child and both naked to reveal that while one was male the other was undoubtedly fea

Cassie’s words echoed through her head as theshe was near He had a bit of blond fuzz on his head and his blue eyes were filled with trust as they locked on her, a sh Laylah could see her chest move as she breathed Her eyes were closed and her downy hair the same shade as her twin’s, but she appeared unaware of the world around her

As if she was still locked in the spell

Laylah was jerked out of her fog of astonish her brow

"What have you done?"

The e took a step backward, bafflement etched on his lean face

Yeah, bafflement seemed to be the word of the day

At least she wasn’t alone in feeling like an idiot that she had never suspected there was ei stated the obvious

Marika inched forward, her gaze locked on the babies "How is that possible?"

Sergei shrugged, licking his dry lips "I don’t know There’s a boy and a girl"

Belatedly realizing she asting a perfect opportunity, Laylah cursed her stupidity and edged backward What rong with her? The tere completely obsessed with the children It was now or never

Keeping her gaze trained on the vae sword that Ariyal had been carrying before being tossed down the tunnel like a broken doll

It took several swipes before her fingers brushed over the hilt She sed her premature moan of relief For theLaylah wanted was to remind the fe behind her

Clenching her hand around the leather-bound hilt, Laylah hefted the sword off the ground, nearly tu

Gods

Obviously size really didto hold the sith both hands, Laylah straightened and with a slow, steady pacedanger, Marika iive theive hi awaited trophies

With the last of her strength she ed to lift the sword and with one s Marika on the side of her neck

She was braced for the i vampires, but she assunificent blade slid through the muscle and tendons and bone as if they were butter

Laylah blinked in shock as Marika’s head tu

Oneon her neck, and the next it was rolling across the dirt ground A part of her was horrified

Before that moment she’d only killed to protect herself or her child It had never been a pre in fierce relief

The feed for her own sister to be raped and tortured for the sole purpose of returning the Dark Lord to the world She had hunted Laylah as if she were an anie to try and kill Tane

Unforgivable

Dropping the too heavy sword, Laylah met her aunt’s dead eyes "Go to hell you evil bitch"

Tane rounded the corner of the tunnel just in ti off Marika’s head

He skidded to a halt, his shock being quickly replaced by sheer pride

That He- the one to slay hisintensely exciting about a wo to his side, Jaelyn gave a lohistle, her gaze on the rapidly disintegrating vampire

"You’d better watch yourself, Charon," she drawled "Your mate’s not a woree heart