Page 119 of My Eternal Light

Oron scoffed “I sincerely doubt you care in the least for those kids.”

Meryn held her hands over her belly. For some reason she wanted to shield her child from this. “Ryuu, can you do a water bubble over jellerbean?”

One formed instantly. “You feel threatened?” he asked.

She nodded. Then staggered back as images began to fill her mind. Knives. Knives of all shapes and sizes. Some of light, others of steel. None of them served a purpose that helped, they existed only to destroy. Finally, a single, thin blade remained. “He’s a scalpel,” she whispered.

Ryuu gave her shoulders a gentle squeeze from where he was holding her up. “Good job.”

“Shut up, you bitch!” Oron’s father screamed.

Brennus walked forward and drove his fist into the side of his face. “Iviar, I would watch my words when speaking to my niece, were I you.”

Iviar went to speak, but his jaw hung uselessly from his face.

Meryn looked closely at the men. “They can’t move.” She grinned. “That’s what he meant by gift wrapped. They can’t move at all.”

“He betrayed us, he’ll betray you too,” Oron’s uncle said.

“If you’re trapped and you know it, clap your hands,” Meryn sang.

Lily and Law chuckled.

Brennus rubbed his chin. “This definitely changes up our timeline.”

Doran grinned. “What should we start with?”

Meryn let her uncles talk shop, her attention was on the woman at the door. She walked back, Ryuu behind her.

“Hello.”

The woman blinked.

“Umm, you speak English?”

There was no response. “My name is Meryn, I’m Brennus’ niece, he’s mated to the queen.”

At the mention of the queen a slight awareness came back to the woman’s eyes. “Her Majesty,” she said softly.

“Yes, my Auntie.”

“You will free us?”

“Sure.”

The woman turned and led her away from the banquet room. Meryn went to tell the others she was leaving, but they were arguing about how they were going to kill the men. She shrugged. She had Ryuu with her.

She followed the woman to the kitchen. When the woman opened a set of cellar doors that led downward, she began to second guess things.

“Denka, let me go first.”

“I have no fucking problem doing that,” she replied.

They made their way down the stairs. When they reached the bottom, Ryuu’s hand reached back and pinned her to the staircase wall. “Do not come in here.”

Meryn exhaled. “Is it dangerous or fucked up.”

Ryuu’s hand began to shake. Okay, so it was fucked up. She took his hand in hers and gave it a squeeze. “Let me.”

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