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“You two know each other?” I glance between them both.
“Unfortunately,” Kestral mutters, and Veles’s smile only grows.
I feel Kestral stiffen as Asra steps forward and pulls me into a hug.
“It has been too long. Have you missed me?” he asks with a small mischievous smile that reminds me of Jarek and his tricks.
“Not even a little,” I reply, making the new male laugh.
Asra exaggerates a sigh. “There is no need to fight this thing between us. We are meant to be.”
I give him a deadpan look. “I’m glad to see delusions are highly acceptable in your world.”
“I like her,” the new male says, drawing me to him and his smile.
He dips his head to me. “I am Cyra. It is nice to finally meet you, Seren. I have heard a great many things about you.”
“I don’t understand.” I glance between them all, wondering what this is.
Cyra’s smile vanishes as he shares a solemn look with Kestral. “Veles has explained to us your situation.”
My situation?I look to Veles for some answers and what he means.
“I told you I would help you. Vowed it, in fact,” he says.
“And you all trust his word so easily?” I question, glancing between them.
Asra crosses his arms, an intense look on his face. “Veles does not trust anyone. For him to have made a blood-bond vow?—”
“Don’t remind me,” Veles mutters, making Asra smile before he continues.
“For him to have made something so binding means we all trust you as much as we do him now.”
“Just like that?” I ask, glancing around them all to see them wear the same intense look.
Asra nods. “Just like that.”
“I’m a good judge of character,” Veles says as he looks me in the eyes, holding my gaze. “Know now that I wouldneverchoose to complete a blood vow with someone who I know I can’t completely trust nor feel is not honest or true.” He says it with complete conviction in his voice, leaving no room for doubt.
But he barely knows me.
“I know,” he whispers so only us both can hear. It sends a chill down my back as he says it, and the expression he gives me tells me he knows far more than what he says.
I nod my head, trusting him for now until I can understand more.
“Now that your innocence is cleared up…” Asra says before turning and yanking the bag open and shoving Nevan to the ground in front of me.
“Your betrayer.”
CHAPTER 26
Nevan…It was Nevan who betrayed me.
He glances up at me with pain in his eyes. A similar pain I have felt since the dark creature was released.
Painhehelped cause.
“Why?” I ask, needing an explanation of some kind. “What could you possibly have gained from releasing that dark creature?”
