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“All you ever did was exist You had no power You had no agency You were allowed to attend Blackwoods because it didn’t matter either way, and I suspect your parents didn’t care enough to stop you Your future was always decided You weren’t a threat”
I looked down atany punches here, you know”
“I know, but I need you to understand Maeve knows all this She ell aware that you were nothing to her, and she wanted to murder you anyway She wanted to take your life purely because it would hurt your family You were never important to her”
I sucked in a breath and let it out “Is that supposed to piss me off?”
“Yes, Penny It is”
“It doesn’t” I stood and walked across the roo and bloodshed I was tired of acting like I cared about the Servant faarch mattered at all
I wanted freedom I didn’t care about the rest
“It should,” he said, his tone fierce “It drivesabout it Maeve knew you weren’t a threat and planned on killing you anyway It’s sick and ruthless I care about you, and I won’t let anyone think you’re disposable”
“So you’ll get yourself killed and tear my family to pieces in the process?” I threwout “If you stopped this now, Erin wouldn’t keep trying to ruin everything”
“Erin’s going to follow her own path whether you want her to or not Maeve is a convenient excuse”
I clenched ers down the ainst it
“Is your revenge really worth it?”
“Yes, it is I’ this for you, Penny, and for all the other third and fourth and fifth children that were ignored, neglected, and abused They should’ve had so to burn the world for them Instead, you have me”
I stared into his eyes He didn’t know a thing about being a fourth child He was the oldest, the center of the Baskin world I knew being the heir to an Oligarch family came with expectations and problems and abuses, but at least he was important
He mattered He didn’t have autonomy, but he had power He stood to inherit so ine it all
While I was given nothing Not a single chance
I wanted
“There can be some other way”
“There isn’t” He caet Maeve today, but we caught one ofto him, but I wonder if you should come with me”
I stared at hi”
“I’m not I think you should hear what he has to say”
“You want to take uy”