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“Add him to the list,” Rave growls, kissing the top of my head. “I will kill every one of them.”

“One more thing,” Rion calls out. “I overheard something Zython said. Your mother wasn’t just fae, Astrid. She was half angel.”

I cannot fucking process that right now.

An angel?I know they exist, but I’ve never seen one in real life.

I don’t know anyone who has.

Is that why I’m so powerful?

Why my blood tastes different?

Why everyone wants to use me for their own gain.

Rave carries me back to our room and tucks me in bed. “Why are all our enemies confessing their secrets to you? No one can help themselves around you.”

“I’ve been kidnapped enough times to know that’s not true,” I grumble as he pulls me against his warm chest.

“I love you, Princess. No matter what, it’s going to be okay. I’ll make sure of it.”

Only then do I let my tears fall.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

Rave

It was no joke when I said I have a list. It’s a mental list of all the people I’m going to enjoy killing for hurting my mate, who is supposedly part angel. No wonder she doesn’t have our pointed ears. She probably doesn’t have much fae blood in her at all.

Angels are rare, and none have ever been seen in this realm.

Or so I thought.

My shadows start choking Bane before he even knows I’m in his bedroom.

“What the fuck, Rave?” he manages to get out as I lift him in the air. He was in the dungeon with Astrid, and he’s pretty loyal to her, so I don’t think he knew what Zython had planned, but I need to be sure.

“Did you know that Zython was working with the Vampire King? And plans on giving her to some warlord named Declan?” I ask, watching his reaction very closely.

His irises bleed from black to amber. “Zython wouldn’t do that. He loves Astrid!”

“Rion says otherwise. And he’s the one hired to do everyone’s dirty work,” I seethe, loosening the grip on his throat and letting him drop back to his bed. There’s intricate red rope next to his bed, and I heard he’s into tying up his females. As long as he keeps that rope away from Astrid, I don’t give a fuck.

Thunder cracks outside, and I know that Bane is pissed. “If anything is going on, I’m not involved in it. And neither are Axe and Kai, we all fucking love Astrid.”

“Then you get to live another day,” I snarl, starting to pace. Bane killed Vera, and we shared a moment, so I wouldn’t enjoy killing him. But I would if I had to.

“Declan is powerful,” he says, moving to the edge of his bed. “And Zython does have meetings with him. He wants Axe to marry his daughter, Milana, so they will inherit his mercenary army. He’s picked up all the stray warriors and made a name for himself.”

Milana.Now where have I heard that name before?

The fact that Bane knows who this Declan man is makes me think that Rion was right.

Zythonhasbetrayed his own daughter.

And there’s nothing I hate more than someone hurting my mate and disloyalty. In that fucking order.

Maybe it’s time Axe stood up and became king.

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