Page 93 of Blood of a Huntsman

He still didn't understand why she'd betrayed him. Why Aurora had locked him down here. That it was the machination of his enemies, he didn't doubt.

But the pain had not faded after all these years, and it would never go away.

Eirikr released Chloe's face now that she'd seen what he couldn't put into words.

He wasn't angry at her. He was distraught.

Seeing Greer had opened a wound he never touched if he could help it. A wound deep in his soul.

Chloe choked on a tear.

She'd once believed the world. She'd once thought that Eirikr could be a monster, or at least act like one.

No more.

"I will get you out of here," she swore.

"You can't."

Chloe swallowed.

"Why?"

Eirikr sighed.

"You'd have to kill the witch. And I will not let you."

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