Thrown to the Wolves by Persephone Black

Author:Persephone Black [Black, Persephone]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

Afterward, as we lie still tangled in the sheets, and she’s stroking up and down my side, Lyssa speaks. Her voice is soft, almost regretful.

“Listen, Scar—I don’t want you to misunderstand. I’ll help you find your brother’s killer. But when it’s done…I’ll have to kill you. I have my orders from Hades, and you killed Syndicate members. There’s no way out of it. You gotta take what’s coming to you.”

I close my eyes, the weight of her words bringing me right back down to earth. I know she’s right. I knew where this path ended from the moment I started down it.

But even so, even with the specter of death hanging over me…I can’t bring myself to regret it. Because on any other path, I never would have met the woman lying warm and soft next to me, stroking my hair back from my face gently.

“I understand,” I say, my voice steady. “As long as you understand I won’t go without a fight.”

“I never thought different.”

She still sounds regretful, like she knows already that I won’t survive. But me? I have different plans.

“Then I accept your terms,” I tell her, then add, “You never know, I might die before we get to that point. Or you might. On this little quest of ours.”

Lyssa grins, but something like respect flickers in her eyes.

She leans over to turn out the light, and as we lie there in the darkness, the rain beating against the windows, I know my fate is sealed, one way or another.

But for the first time in a long time…I’m not alone.

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