Page 204 of House of Lilith

She lets out a scoff. “What did you say to me, girl?”

Deciding not to put up with another second of her bullshit, I let my mind make the connection with the blood coursing through her hand. I see the flash of surprise in her eyes. I make the hand close into a fist. “I said,” I tell her softly, “I want you to leave, Mother. Right now.”

And I think it’s more my indifference than my Blood Magic that scares her. She just blinks at me for a second. Then she grits her teeth and says, “We’ll talk over the holidays, Anastasya,” before she pushes past me and walks away.

Smiling, I turn to face Dahrian, finding him already in front of me. “Big day, huh?” he asks with a smile.

I roll my eyes and grab him by the hand. Blowing out a little laugh, he lets me start dragging him to the Pull Chamber.

And I move to open the fence door, but he stops me.

I turn to look at him and find his eyes sweeping over the castle grounds.

“This place…,” he says, turning to look at me with such soft eyes. “I’m so grateful to this place, Nyx. For allowing me to finally meet you.”

“And whisk me away,” I add with a grin.

He lets out a laugh and grabs me by the waist. “Oh you don’t need whisking away. But I’ll do it anyway, my little vixen.”

And he kisses me, deeply, and I give him a little bite on the neck and I pull him into the Chamber with me. There, I jump into his lap and let him spin me around, laughing, as the Pull zaps us out of Grimm Academy and straight into a brand new life.

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