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Greydusk did not greet him, so I passed down the hall in silence When we reached the is Agree to nothing You ate the city and find your friend or she will hold you as her benign hostage”
“For how long?”
The Ier your own”
That was an insidious thought Sybella didn’t need to radually becoick Eventually, iven ined it wouldn’t take long
Our time’s limited Good to know
I puffed out a fortifying breath and gestured for the demon to show me in Instead, Greydusk threw open the doors and booes of the Luren court, I present to you Her Highness, Corine Solomon, the Once and Future Queen, now and forever more, the Binder!”
What The Fuck
With an introduction like that, I had no choice but to put soh, and I was thunderstruck to findI almost blacked out from the collective sensual overload, but the chariven me pulsed on my arm Pain lashed up to my elbow, but it also settled ick never hit dead center where I was concerned Things rong or backward; at the rateful I could think
This was Sybella’s version of an aht of her court, she’d calculated that I would buckle and I’d be her slave—one way or another—by the tione down like that
Beside me, Chance collapsed My heart twisted with fear, but I couldn’t show too much concern or they would realize how much he meant to me
Instead, I offered a wintry smile “It is a pleasure” Most of the Luren knew I lass than make nice with them, but they did see it would last? I ski Sybella “But do you truly alitarian of you”
By her sharp sound, she knew precisely what I meant “Guards, clear the room, save for Gilder and Lash”
In short order, the minions carried out her command When the influence dulled, Chance stirred at my feet Greydusk helped him up I heldatainst their char at a dry cleaners for fuck’s sake, but it was no less bizarre forAnd maybe that hy he’d felt that “click” he tried to explain; it had been ourup
Greydusk stepped up on uard of et within touching distance, and I wouldn’t look into her eyes
Fixing aze over her left shoulder, I said softly, “You did so to my pet Not one day, and you’ve already broken your promise”
She hissed out a breath at the boldness of my sally “You dare to call th?”
“Only because it’s true You pro won’t wake up I loveTherefore, I am upset Worried Hurt, even And that is harm, by any definition”
Greydusk ed through me, surety I kne to talk to demons I kne to push them and twist them,I had ever learned, but I knew it, like the curve of my own cheek or how to breathe as I slept
Shit I really was the Binder I had the old king’swith uess I could only steer with one unshakable goal in mind
Save Shannon
Or die trying
“You are owed recompense,” Sybella otiations begin”
The knowledge came to me in a barely heard whisper, like there was someone else in my head She wants your loyalty to the Luren, above all others, and your proh when you break the castes wide open Alar presence, but it fell quiet, leaving me with a pervasive sense of dread Well, creepy whispers aside, I understood what Sybella wanted And she wasn’t getting it I just had to buy some time
“You will grant race, as the tihts in the city and take Xibalba’s uide You will not interfere by means direct or indirect with hiesture, I indicated Chance “That also extends to , of course, whose health and awareness you will restore at once”
“Well said,” Greydusk whispered with approval
By his tone, I gathered I had ht I didn’t need to keep her fro I just needed this week before I ht she respected me She’d expected a weaker opponent, more susceptible to her particular allure
“It shall be done Gilder and Lash stand witness” Sybella whispered then in deue, a spell that made my skin try to crawl off my bones
“What—”
But before I could complete the question, Greydusk reassuredthe ensnarement spell on your mammal”
“Why did she mess with him anyway?”
“She ht you intended to use the creature as food and believed she was assisting you in rendering it docile”