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Zes rushed toward me with his blade drawn, mouth open, and screaming bloody death.
I dove to one side.
A bolt from a Changeling guard’s pistol singed the soil two inches from my hand. I rolled in the opposite direction, into Zes’s path.
He was on me again.
He pulled his arm back to stab me.
I froze.
Zes’s smile was small and cruel. We both knew he had the killing blow.
“Zeeeaarrghhh!”
Qale screeched as he leaped on Zes’s back, wrapped his arm around his neck, and pulled tight. He added his bodyweight to Zes’s and brought him to the ground.
No one could stand against Qale in a fight.
Not even our trainer.
But Qale was having a harder time than usual due to his injuries. I joined in the fray and together, we took him down.
Guards marched around the corner and joined the heated battle. I ordered four to drag Zes down to the cells.
He kicked and screamed.
“No! I’m meant to be the lord! Me!” he cried.
Within minutes, the town was on fire but the Changeling guards surrendered. They too were carted off to the cells under the castle.
The local Titans saluted me with a fist to their chests and a respectful nod of their heads. I returned it to them.
“I should go,” Qale said.
“You should stay,” I said. “You are the rightful Lord of Taw.”
Qale braced my shoulders.
“No, little brother,” he said. “You proved it should be you that leads the family now. I would only lose my temper and commit us to more pointless wars.”
We shared a smile and embraced. I doubted that, not with his new outlook on life, but it was clear from his expression he had no intention of taking up the position again.
“My love waits for me in the forest,” he said. “Every moment away from her is a dagger in my heart.”
I snorted. “Since when did you become a poet?”
“When I met my lady love,” he said.
And, dammit, didn’t I understand exactly what he meant?
He drifted away, moving through the crowd, not one of them knowing their true Lord of Taw walked among them. He tipped his hat at Sirena as she approached.
“You owe me a favor,” she said.
I ravished her with my eyes, exploring every inch of her delicate frame. It was all I could do to keep my hands off her.
“And how do you figure I’m the one that owes you a favor?” I said.
