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“What the hell is that thing?” he said, spinning on his heel, watching it fade into a wall

I turned to King “Stop! None of this ht of the massacre isn’t true Think about it She said that the Seers won’t release your soul until you completely obliterate Ten Club But she also said you had to erase your footsteps—three thousand years of the to let you be free Their plan was always this Have you kill Ten Club so it would be safe to bring back Ariadna So she could grow up and then fulfill her duty So what’s the point now of killing Ansin?”

“He is still a threat to you,” King said toAnsin down “He only thinks of Seers as objects to be used”

Ansin laughed, still panting with exciteht back a few dozen Seers from the dead just so he could force thehtered theet free”

“They wanted to take over Ten Club,” King threw back casually “I did not feel that would be such a wise idea As for Jeni, she knows she cannot trust me I’ve made no secret of what or who I ao at any time”

Ansin shrugged “And she knows she can’t trust me Yet she still jumped in bed with me Or will” He winked “Hoas that dream, little treasure?”

Were they really discussing this? They were oddamned point!

I threw my hands in the air “Yes, I’erous, double-crossing, power-hungry liars But this is a new ga woo back three thousand years to undo everything will help anyone but the Seers I Don’t Trust Them”

“You’re pregnant?” Ansin asked, his eyes fixed on my stomach

“Yes,” I snarled “And if you try to lay a hand on her—”

“Did you say she’ll be able to time travel?” Ansin’s expression was pure shock—wide eyes, slack jaw I’d never seen hiuard down, and it felt surreal Ansin was actually having a genuine reaction to so instead of his typical calculated responses Why?

Only one reason came to mind “You can’t have her, Ansin I’ll kill you et anywhere near her”

“If what you say is true,” Ansin spoke with an unusually soft voice, “then she can stop htered”