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“You speak of her like she’s still alive… ” I glanced up at him “Don’t you mourn the dead?”
“Don’t assume to know me, Ivy Taylor” Lorren bit the words at me, and turned away He walked back to the table and sat on the top, swinging his legs off the side He still wore solid black clothing that see in his eyes It was quiet for several ain “What of your wound? Why didn’t you do as I told you?”
Pressing ether, I looked away fro before I knehat I would say, “I can’t I can’t do that to him Surely you can understand You spared Eric”
But he shook his head, “No, I don’t understand Collin didn’t serve angels for centuries upon centuries He didn’t risk his life to save others He allowed Kreturus to use him and manipulate you And yet, you could kill Eric, but not Collin?” He arched a dark eyebrow at me
My face scrunched tightly as I was about to spew out words When I realized there would be no convincing hi
Lorren finally spoke, “The ending is the same for him, Ivy, whether you do it now or later Collin’s a Valefar Stay away from him”
I stood, and looked at Lorren “Al trusted him Why can’t you?”
“Al was hu er have Stay away from him Ivy” When I didn’t answer, he added, “I’veyour soul back”
“What?” I shouted at hi on him Every muscle in my body tensed
He rose and walked towards htly so ere eye to eye The gestureyou to do what you ems I healed you ill seek out to repair you fully You cannot stop it You have to defeat Kreturus And you can’t do it half healed Every second your soul is in that boy is another second that gives Kreturus the opportunity to defeat all of us—without a fight” He stood and looked down athis hands into his pockets “I re snakes Do not allow theain until you have your soul back”
CHAPTER SIX
Lorren was difficult, but I had very few allies left Apparently psychotic Eric was an ally, which was hard to s If an angel hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have believed it As it was, I didn’t want to believe it It wasAl than it was to try and understand as happening around s, things that I didn’t understand And instead of trying to fathom it, I forced h that didn’t iven Eric
Once again, I found h the Underworld alone Lorren sucked ic, but he couldn’t put me back I had to walk out Maybe he kneould allow er to burn off by the time I reached the portal As I walked, I wondered why Lorren was trapped down here It was so I couldn’t accept if it happened to ht was unbearable This place was filled with shadows so thick they seemed to breathe A lacy shadow coveredwas there A tingle ran upovera trail of stained stones behind ered in the distance When I turned back to see how far away the de down The knee of , I rose and looked for the birds But there was no sight of them I walked faster
Staring at the Underworld made it easy to think This is where I was supposed to rule This ungodly portion of land hat Kreturus ruled for eons Shaking my head, I realized that it was ti—time to step up and accept who and what I was I ahtthat I failed, but part ofthe prophecy meant that I’d accepted hter I was kind and s the fact that I’d defeat an ancient deht of it as someone else’s life This was els And I was getting used to it
Sitting down on a large stone, I grabbed h round barefoot was rippingfor a second would allow thelanced around me Rust colored stone surroundedwas louder than the screech of birds I sed Without realizing it, I was sitting on the stone where I saw Collin when he thought I was dead I remembered the slu my eyes closed, I shook ain I didn’t kno I’d keep hih time to find Satan’s Stone If I could find it, I could use it to heal me, and then I wouldn’t need my soul back Collin would survive with his scrap of soul andhis blood on ive him a demon kiss It didn’t matter what Lorren did to me I couldn’t
A lacy shadow spread overacross me like a blanket I looked up My heart constricted and rose into on-stalker that’d been following iant cat