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promise to summon you whenever I leave. I believe you, Kael. I know this wasn’t your fault.”
“ See that you do, Little Queen. Anyone powerful enough to break our bond would have no trouble killing a human. You are as immortal as the dead ones, but just like them, you can be killed. I have made you stronger, but not invincible.”
He left me alone with Dominick, Ruby , and a very angry Lucius. I was thinking that maybe I was too hasty getting rid of King Kael.
Chapter 7
“So before the albino bat flashed in and out, I asked you a question and I wasn’t very happy with the answer. I saw you in the courtyard with him, Cassandra. You seemed very comfortable with him.”
“Dominick and I have become very good friends. He helped keep me safe and sane when I was being kept here.”
“Do you always kiss your friends?”
“I do when they’re telling a story that is so savage and horrible that it makes a wolf go pale.” I recounted what Dominick had told me earlier.
“Cass , I don’t condone what Quintus has done, but he promised you he wouldn’t kill him and he kept his word. Killian had to be punished.”
“He had to be tortured , you mean.” I couldn’t believe he had said that.
His face flashed with anger and then he was sad and reaching out to me. I shook my head. I wanted very little to do with anyone who defended what Quintus had just done.
“Can we talk in private, Cass…please?”
“Dominick , can you and Ruby go check on Killian and let me know how he is and then we can get a plan together on how we can heal him.”
“Are you sure?” Dominick’s eyes looked a little too wolfy for my comfort.
“She’s sure , dog. Now go.”
I gave Lucius my death stare. “Yes, Dominick, I’m sure.” I was angry with Lucius, but I owed him a chance to explain himself. “Ruby, I would love to have a new set of rooms. These remind me a little too much of Mab. Is there anything that might have an extra bedroom? I want to have Killian close to me. I would imagine he’ll need twenty-four-hour care.”
“I’ll arrange everything , Your Majesty. I know just the suite. Your friend will be as comfortable as we can make him. I promise.”
I leaned down and hugged her. I think I took her by surprise , but she hugged me back after a few seconds. When I stood back up, she looked a little flustered, but happy.
“Ruby , you are the best.”
Lucius was silent until they both left. “Cass, please tell me if you are sending me away because you’ve fallen in love with Dominick?”
“No, don’t be ridiculous. I care a lot for Dominick, but my reasons we can’t be together have nothing to do with him.”
His feelings for me were written all over his face and the raw emotion brok e my heart. “I would leave here if I knew you loved each other and he could protect you.”
“Dominick is my friend and I’m very close to him because of what we had to endure together, but that is all.” It really wasn’t all, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him what had happened between Dominick, Killian, and me.
He nodded and was quiet for a very long time. “I love you, Cass. I want you to be mine and I know the consequences of that. I don’t care.”
“I do care ; I care that you seem to think it’s okay to have Quintus torture someone and I care that us being together might make him do something even more horrible. What if he tortured you?”
“He wouldn’t and , if he did, it would be worth it so I could be with you.”
“No. It wouldn’t. Declan was killed saving me, you almost went mad and you almost died. We can’t be together. I love you, Lucius. I have since you took care of me when I found out about Declan. I need you to believe that it’s not because I want someone else, but because I know we have no chance at being happy together.”
“How odd . I didn’t know seeing the future was part of your magical gifts.”
“You don’t need to be a psychic to know we have way too many things
“ See that you do, Little Queen. Anyone powerful enough to break our bond would have no trouble killing a human. You are as immortal as the dead ones, but just like them, you can be killed. I have made you stronger, but not invincible.”
He left me alone with Dominick, Ruby , and a very angry Lucius. I was thinking that maybe I was too hasty getting rid of King Kael.
Chapter 7
“So before the albino bat flashed in and out, I asked you a question and I wasn’t very happy with the answer. I saw you in the courtyard with him, Cassandra. You seemed very comfortable with him.”
“Dominick and I have become very good friends. He helped keep me safe and sane when I was being kept here.”
“Do you always kiss your friends?”
“I do when they’re telling a story that is so savage and horrible that it makes a wolf go pale.” I recounted what Dominick had told me earlier.
“Cass , I don’t condone what Quintus has done, but he promised you he wouldn’t kill him and he kept his word. Killian had to be punished.”
“He had to be tortured , you mean.” I couldn’t believe he had said that.
His face flashed with anger and then he was sad and reaching out to me. I shook my head. I wanted very little to do with anyone who defended what Quintus had just done.
“Can we talk in private, Cass…please?”
“Dominick , can you and Ruby go check on Killian and let me know how he is and then we can get a plan together on how we can heal him.”
“Are you sure?” Dominick’s eyes looked a little too wolfy for my comfort.
“She’s sure , dog. Now go.”
I gave Lucius my death stare. “Yes, Dominick, I’m sure.” I was angry with Lucius, but I owed him a chance to explain himself. “Ruby, I would love to have a new set of rooms. These remind me a little too much of Mab. Is there anything that might have an extra bedroom? I want to have Killian close to me. I would imagine he’ll need twenty-four-hour care.”
“I’ll arrange everything , Your Majesty. I know just the suite. Your friend will be as comfortable as we can make him. I promise.”
I leaned down and hugged her. I think I took her by surprise , but she hugged me back after a few seconds. When I stood back up, she looked a little flustered, but happy.
“Ruby , you are the best.”
Lucius was silent until they both left. “Cass, please tell me if you are sending me away because you’ve fallen in love with Dominick?”
“No, don’t be ridiculous. I care a lot for Dominick, but my reasons we can’t be together have nothing to do with him.”
His feelings for me were written all over his face and the raw emotion brok e my heart. “I would leave here if I knew you loved each other and he could protect you.”
“Dominick is my friend and I’m very close to him because of what we had to endure together, but that is all.” It really wasn’t all, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him what had happened between Dominick, Killian, and me.
He nodded and was quiet for a very long time. “I love you, Cass. I want you to be mine and I know the consequences of that. I don’t care.”
“I do care ; I care that you seem to think it’s okay to have Quintus torture someone and I care that us being together might make him do something even more horrible. What if he tortured you?”
“He wouldn’t and , if he did, it would be worth it so I could be with you.”
“No. It wouldn’t. Declan was killed saving me, you almost went mad and you almost died. We can’t be together. I love you, Lucius. I have since you took care of me when I found out about Declan. I need you to believe that it’s not because I want someone else, but because I know we have no chance at being happy together.”
“How odd . I didn’t know seeing the future was part of your magical gifts.”
“You don’t need to be a psychic to know we have way too many things
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