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Even if he asked for more "That’s three Next" Why hadn’t he asked her about the Hunters?

"Rhea, then," he said, as if that explained everything

Haidee schooled her features, unwil ing to show him the depth of her confusion Rhea, the supposed queen of the Titans? Haidee had heard of her, of course A sroup of Hunters even worshipped her

But why did Defeat assume the woman was responsible for Haidee’s curse?

Or "infection," as the Bad Man had cal ed it? "Two ood"

"When I saw you with…hi--" he’d aled to stop himself in time "--were you interested in hi Defeat could have asked, why that? "Why the hel do you care?"

His traced the tip of his tongue across the seaain involved explanations on my part"

Fine "The ave her a reaction

A flash of that fury, quickly gone

"He’s always been the gentle one, you know," Defeat said almost absently "He’s rarely ever displayed a temper Has never hurt one of his friends And he would be horrified to knohat he did to me" As soon as he realized what he’d said, what he’d admitted, he scowled at her, as if the confession was her fault

She pretended not to notice "You have one et to tel you that if you lied to lass?"

He stared at her for a long while, studying, searching for so Whether he found it or not, she didn’t know

Then he spoke, soft, gentle "Why did you help kil Baden, Haidee?"

She sucked in a breath Of everything he could have demanded to kno dare he ask that? As if he didn’t already know the answer As if he hadn’t ral ied to destroy her, al those centuries ago As if he would enjoy hearing her pain and her heartbreak

Just like that, al the hate inside her exploded to the surface, and she sto distance She didn’t attack him but dared him to attack her