Throne of Ash and Rose Complete Series by Xuemei X Meg

Author:Xuemei X, Meg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

SETH

I hadn’t killed her.

My sky power didn’t hurt her.

My lightning couldn’t harm Rose.

It had gone through her and into Sable and knocked out the king’s bitch.

Rose was the first living person immune to my lightning. How could it be? Unless she had the great earth magic to shield her. I studied her intensely.

Or she’s your missing half, a passing wind whispered. You won’t harm your own.

I shook my head. I was so astounded that I imagined nature talked to me. It was absurd to even let the idea get into my head. Rose and I weren’t cut from the same material. She was a Fae and I a Sváva. I didn’t have a mate and wasn’t supposed to have one.

But—

Rose was the only one who could arouse and keep me hot after my millennia of celibacy. Her scent still sang to my blood and drove me out of my mind.

What was she to me in truth?

Rose met my gaze in disbelief and amazement, while the residual wrath still harbored in her eyes. She thought I’d tried to kill her—that she believed I could do so hurt me like a knife twisting in my gut.

“What is this farce?” Agro yelled. “This is my throne. This is my court! I won’t tolerate a brawl!” Then he turned to me. “I was about to interfere. I had everything under control! Do not step on my toes again, Seth! I warn you!”

“My apologies, Your Majesty,” I said and lifted a shoulder, “for making an educated guess that you wouldn’t be pleased if the Fae princess was dead before the wedding, so I unwisely took the initiative to stop the catfight. By the way, I shudder at your righteous anger.”

He glared at me a second longer, then waved his hand in dismissal, as if I were but a fly on the wall and he needn’t bother with it as long as it didn’t come buzzing under his nose. But he couldn’t let it go yet.

“How?” he asked.

I knew what he wanted to know. My lightning had entered Rose before hitting Sable, but it had caressed the princess rather than hurt her. If Rose hadn’t stepped in front of Sable at the last second, my bolts would have crippled Sable even if it let her live.

“My lightning chooses its victim,” I lied.

Agro looked doubtful. “But it never happened like that before.”

“I wasn’t willing to preserve anyone before this day.” I kept at my lie. “Today, I spared Princess Rose for your sake.”

Agro tried to imitate my icy calm and ended up squinting. “So you believe I owe you now?’

“I’ll call in the favor when I see fit.”

“I didn’t ask you to do it!” Agro snarled. “So thank you for nothing! Now tell me: how many secrets have you held back?”

“If I tell you, I’ll have to kill you afterwards, Brother,” I said, then bragged for Rose’s ear. “Even our lord father doesn’t know the extent of my powers.”

My lord father was the most powerful being in the universe, but he wasn’t omniscient.

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