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“When the time comes, you’ll recant every one of your lies and accusations. Admitting that you impersonated the princess and recruited faeriken mercenaries to help sell your lies. No doubt using your pussy to addle them under your sway.”
It was entirely certain he didn’t need to add that last comment. But leave it to Kirwan to be vile to the end.
“Go,” he ordered. “Get the coin, and get your sister.”
I stilled. “Excuse me?”
“Not the infant, I’ve no patience for those. Get the curly-haired blonde brat. Now,” he bellowed when I didn’t move.
“No.”
He arched a brow. “You either take one sister with you, or I slit this one’s neck right here on the carpet.”
I breathed hard, hands clutching the other behind my back. “You don’t have to do this,” I rushed, mind spinning. “I’ll get the jewels and go with you quietly. Just leave my faywens alone.”
“Go with me quietly? Don’t make me laugh,” he gritted. “Nothing and no one keeps you in line, except these brats. Last chance, get the girl, or I’ll kill—”
I slipped the dagger from my shift and threw—aiming right for his vile mouth.
Eyes rounding, Kirwan reacted on instinct. Hand flying off Meli’s throat, he threw out the crystal and shouted a runic word.
The dagger collided with an invisible barrier, bouncing off and skittering across the floor.
“Meli, run!”
Throwing her head back, she smashed her skull in his face. Blood spurted from his ruined nose, freeing her from his grip as his hands flew up.
“Monster,” she shrieked, stomping his foot.
Bones crunched in my ear.
“Go,” I cried, grabbing and pulling her away. “Take the children and get out of—”
“Argh!” Pure, magical force slammed into us, blasting us into the hallway.
We dented the wood crashing into the wall. Pain surged through every limb and screamed out every pore. We crumpled on the floor—my head ringing.
“You just never... learn, girl.”
Through the haze, Kirwan limped over—waving his hand. Before my eyes, he healed his foot and nose with the crystal.
He towered over us whole... and angry.
“I said I’d kill the girl if you disobeyed.” A sword appeared in his hand, its hair-thin edge dancing the light off its tip. “I’m a man of my word.”
“Wait!”
“Stop!”
The blade sliced the air, falling on Meli’s neck.
Kirwan blasted off his feet.
Spinning through the air, the faeman never reached the ground. He propelled up and slammed against the ceiling.
How?I shoved up and crawled to Meliora. Holding her close, I whipped around—searching for whoever was doing this. Was it the twins? The only two of three people in this home who still had magic?
“Gisela? Jaclan?” I called. “It’s okay, faywens, you don’t have to do this! Haeowen will take care of him, I’ll—”
