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Just as soon as her warriors returned

She went to the door and pounded on it Was one of the outside it?

No one answered

Curses Her warriors were angry No—hurt They believed she cared about Elit and Banf And she only had herself to bla she said even matter now?

She leaned her forehead against the door and slapped it A hot tear trickled down her cheek

She’d known it had been too good to be true—that she could have mates like Granit, Damon, and Laake instead of the veck-holes she’d been stuck with She’d known as soon as she let her guard down, as soon as she let herself care, it would all be snatched from her Just as all forms of security and love had been snatched away for her entire life, starting with her parents and siblings during the invasion

Her destiny would forever be strung up with Elit and Banf’s Their miserable existence would always be hers

No, the best thing would be to forget about Granit, Daht her

It had been far too much to hope that they’d be hers to keep

Chapter 4

Laake lay backward in his hover disk, his feet propped against the wall He wanted to kick it like an angry youth “This doesn’t feel right,” he said for the nineteenth time

Neither Damon nor Granit answered him

Daenius brain of his clearly whirling around their problem, but he had yet to present a solution And dammit, Damon always had a solution Laake and Granit depended on him to be Master Fix-it

After a short and devastating discussion, Daone to Prince Zander to tell hi complete and they recommended she be allowed to reed, they sent a servant to inform Eslyn

Da and tapped the ith his fist “It doesn’t feel right because ished to keep her But putting her well-being before ours is right It’s the saeon”