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    I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him, determined not to move from this spot, not until I understood why the first love story I’d heard about Chara—spoken by my father, mind you—ended this way.
    “Did you just kill a child in front of me?”
    Wrath was easing into my veins, pushing aside rational emotions such as fear or remorse.
    “ No child of mine had taken seed in her, or anyone for that matter. I will vow to that. She had my essence. Therefore, she had yours.”
    Obviously , he was still under the illusion I was some kind of cosmic Goddess. “Do you have any idea the strife you caused this family by coming here years ago? By dying here? Do you realize that Beth has been a prisoner here? That because she was, Drake grew up in this hell, brainwashed from day one into loving my image?”
    “I was there. Were you?”
    My energy flared out at him, causing him to sway backward. He was strong, stronger than I thought; that blow should have landed him on the ground.
    “I felt my father ’s unyielding grief when he told me the tragic story of you and Adonia, how he was there when you came to bring her home. How she missed her father and went home to see him against your will—how they killed you and the fate of Beth and Adonia went unknown. Marc and Chrispin grew up without a mother because of you .”
    “Because of me , their father was alive to conceive them. Because of me , his sons were born and led to you and yours. I did as I was told .”
    “By whom ?”
    “You, S overeign.”
    “Get over yourself. Are you telling me that you never loved this woman? That my father and everyone else was fooled by you? Manipulated by you?”
    “Do I look like someone that would bed a mirrored soul?”
    I knew that terminology, vaguely. Landen had told me about it a few days ago. Apparently, those souls were entrapped by master Escorts. Shells of what they were before. Something I doubted any child of Alamos’ would endure. He was too strong in the way of magic. I knew he could have protected Adonia from such a fate.
    “I have no idea what you look like. I don’t get you.”
    He stepped dominantly forward. “She was bred to bring destruction to your existence when every other way failed. You see, the sovereign you must bring to death never allows one course of action to decide his fate. Adonia was told who to seduce and when. I stole this woman’s affections from Livingston. Coldheartedly, in fact. I went knife-to-knife with Livingston over the likes of this mirror for one purpose: to protect him from producing a child with her.” He took in my awestruck expression, showing no shame for his actions.
    “It wasn’t hard . All I had to do was tell this worthless servant that I was a First. That my visions had promised me an eternal right of royalty. That I could not hold her unless her soul was strong enough to hold me through that course of time. She dropped Livingston as fast as lightning.”
    “This woman was behind a beacon fo r Livingston? Is that what you’re telling me?” I will grant you that I hadn’t had the time to completely comprehend the heritage of Landen’s world, but I knew one thing: dating was not their style. They only went after the ‘one.’
    “ The Rampart Warriors rarely seek a beacon. Most of them dodge them with haste. They would not dare tempt fate and bring cosmic karma to their doorstep.”
    “What the hell are you talking about? According to you, my father is one, as well as Landen’s—and furthermore, your timeline is off. My father was there when you claimed this woman, but long gone before that tragic night of your death. How did you and Livingston overcome your strife? How could Beth openly defend this woman, leave her infant sons behind to rescue an old lover of her soul mate?”
    “Not all women drink from the well of jealous y, Sovereign.”
    “You want to bet on that?”
    He smirked. “Adonia came after Livingston when we were barely seventeen.