Page 193 of Mayhem and Minnie

“Another deity, of course. We do not intermingle,” he adds snobbishly.

“You mean I’m your third fiancé?”

“Not now, Marlowe,” she murmurs in distress.

“Oh, yes now, Minnie. Didn’t you think that might be something worth mentioning?”

“Why? It was an arranged union, and my betrothed was not of my choosing.”

“It doesn’t matter. How could you not tell me I’m your third fiancé? This is preposterous. Who is this deity?”

“Theron of the House of Pyros. He’s a mighty warrior, soon-to-be a general in Commander Azerius’s army. She could not have done better,” Molokai comments.

“Well, she’s done better,” I shoot back, tightening my hold on her waist. “Don’t worry, Minnie, that Theron dude is the next one of my list as soon as I figure out how to kill a god,” I tell her.

She rolls her eyes.

“Are you done with your lecture, Molokai? Why did you even come here? Sentinels could be tracking you.”

“I always cover my tracks,” he replies.

“Then please cover them on your way back.”

“Not until I get what I came here for.”

“If you’re trying to convince me to leave Marlowe, it won’t work.”

“It might not work now, but you will leave.” He laughs drily. “If you care about your human, sooner or later, you’ll realize that your presence only puts him in danger.”

Minnie stiffens.

“I can handle myself,” I say.

Molokai doesn’t even look at me.

“I came here for an answer, Minerva.”

She frowns. “What answer?”

“Have you been feeding on souls?” he asks directly.

“W-what?”

“Have you, or have you not fed on the souls from this house?”

“What’s wrong with you, Kai? How can you even ask me that? You know it’s forbidden.”

“And we’ve already established you don’t care whether something is forbidden or not.”

“But not that.” She shakes her head, her expression distressed. “Never that.”

“Then how do you explain the lack of souls in here?” he asks as he motions his arm to the room. “I thought it odd the first time I came here after you told me of his killing habit. There was no whisper of a soul around. There’s nothing now, either. Surely you must have wondered about it.”

“I find it insulting that you’d think I consumed those souls, Molokai. You should know me better than that.”

“I know you’re cornered. And when someone is cornered, they do things they would not usually do.”

“Then you have your answer. I didn’t feed on souls. You can check my energy signature if you’d like,” she says as she steps forward. Her aura turns blue, small shimmery particles floating in the air around her body.

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