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The men shook their heads and chuckled harder.

He confirmed what I’d already deduced: we all heard the screams of the dying in fire because we were killers.

We’d all done horrible things.

The men laughed harder and clapped one another on the back. Everyone in my legion was completely delusional.

They wiped tears of mirth out of their eyes like the idea of them being evil was funny.

I stared down at the table with horror.

Holy sun god, they didn’t know they were villains?

I was the sanest person at the table.

A twisted, oily sensation expanded in my gut as my teammates kept laughing.

I pressed my pipe between my lips, tipped my head back, and whispered the inscription that was carved in small lettering on the floor of the fae palace.

The one I’d stared at for hours as my teeth chattered and my muscles cramped in the aftermath of torture.

May the sun god save us from ourselves.

Chapter 36

Aran

SADIE FINDS OUT

Metamorphosis—Day 50, hour 14

“Yeah, and then John came back two days ago,” I said to Sadie as I jogged beside her.

Well, Sadie jogged.

I walked.

It wasn’t even a brisk walk. I was moving at a slow stroll.

Sadie pumped her arms aggressively like that was going to give her momentum. Poor girl could enslave a man with her blood and shift into a monster cat but couldn’t move faster than a granny shuffle.

At this point, I was 80 percent convinced she was faking it.

It was physically impossible for someone to move as slowly as she was. It had to be a ruse.

Sadie gasped for air and said, “No way, so they really are twins.” She stopped running and keeled over with her hands on her legs.

So far, we’d run back and forth along the shore twice. Half a mile at the most.

Sweat poured off Sadie’s face like we’d run fifty miles. How is that even possible?

She needed medical help.

I kicked a pebble into the roaring surf and pointed out, “I don’t think leaning over will help you move faster.”

Sadie glared at me as she spat out a thick glob of mucus.

I stretched my arm above my head, needing to release some restless energy because watching my friend struggle with basic fitness was surprisingly boring.

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