Page 116 of My Eternal Light

“No.”

“Why the hell not?” he demanded.

“Because I’m about to do some real evil shit and I don’t want that spilling onto what we have. I need you to be what I come back to,” she said, hoping her explanation made sense to him. She didn’t want him to think of her any differently for what she knew she would probably do to the scum that killed her parents.

She could see him struggling. “Please.”

“You’re taking Ryuu?”

She nodded. “Yup.”

“Why can he go, and I can’t?”

“Because Ryuu would make suggestions, you would try to stop me,” she said simply.

Aiden shook his head. “Meryn I’ve seen more depraved things than…”

He met her gaze and she let him see what she was feeling.

He sighed. “Okay baby. I’ll be here waiting with a nice hot coffee and fresh brownies.”

She ran over and kissed every square inch of his face. “Thank you, for trusting me to do this.”

“My job is to give you what you need,” he replied.

“Best mate ever.”

Brennus looked to her. “Who else?”

Meryn started naming everyone who was going. “Darian and Oron. Thane, Cristo, Ange, and Rio. You and Doran, me and Ryuu. Law and Justice” She mulled it over. “I think that’s everyone, unless you want to go Auntie.”

The queen shook her head. “I said everything I wanted to, thousands of years ago.”

Lily stood. “I’d like to go.”

“Absolutely not!” Marshall countered.

Lily kissed Amelia on her cheek. “Take care of your father while I’m gone.”

“Lily!”

She turned to her mate and simply raised an eyebrow.

He sputtered. Seeing her resolve, he simply sat down looking exhausted. “Stay close to the boys.”

“I will dear.” She walked over and stood next to Meryn. “I need to see them die,” she said, simply.

“Don’t worry Marshall, I’ll keep an eye on her,” Kendrick volunteered.

Meryn took her hand. Besides her uncles, her Aunt Lily was the only other one who knew how she felt. To be honest, she felt relieved Kendrick had volunteered. There were things they needed to find out about how the Eirsons operated and no one would be better at that, than him.

Darian first, then Oron arrived and for the first time, her father’s squad was in the same room with her.

The two dark-haired ones with Darian looked around. “Which one is she?”

Thane walked to stand on her other side. “This is my godsdaughter,” he announced smugly.

The two men who walked up couldn’t be more opposite despite both having black hair. One had, dark eyes and copper skin, the other pale skin and honey-colored eyes.

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