ZAIA.
I shot him.
Fear is consuming me from the inside as we rush out. We have Dad now, and I can see Atticus running over to him. He’s covered in blood, but he’s fine. I jerk my head and he nods, knowing what I mean.
Get Dad out.
I glance around the tunnel before I run ahead, ready to lead the way out, when the sound of gunshots up ahead makes me back up.
“This way!” Atticus hisses as he runs down the other dark, long hall of this place.
Dad hurries after him, staggering. He isn’t in the best of shape, and I can tell he’s in pain.
I bring up the rear when suddenly we come to a stop seeing several men ahead. I find myself
staring at a man who looks extremely similar to Sebastian. Only his jaw and eyes are sharper.
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He’s a mix of Gerard too and I wonder if he
could possibly be his son… but I also feel like I’ve seen him before…
I notice the tattoos on his hand, instantly remembering the man back at the cabin when we attacked Olivan. His aura – it was him!
“You really have nowhere else to go,” he says, glaring at Atticus and the hatred in this man’s eyes is chilling.
“Says who? You ain’t fucking in charge.” Atticus snarls.
“But I am.” A voice that sounds somewhat familiar says, ringing off the walls.
We all turn and stare at the man who now steps
班
forward. His aura is reined in, but it’s powerful.
He’s dressed in a casual black suit, his pure
white moustache is trimmed, and his white hair is brushed back.
Four large men flank him and each one is
holding a gun as they surround the elder man in the middle.
“Father,” Gaultier says, his voice cold as he
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lowers his head ever so slightly.
My heart thunders as I watch every man here lower his head to him. So, this is their leader… but the shocking thing is, I know who he is.
My mind is a mess as I stare at the man I have not seen in years, someone who I thought was living in a rural area enjoying life with his animals.
“Zaia, it’s been a while. Now, how about we talk like civilised beings? We are family, after all.”
Grandfather? 2
at the men surrounding him. What is Mom’s
clearly as confused
hands in his
the sound of several
towards us from behind.
We’re circled…
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her something
command is unnervingly relaxed. Almost as if
into human form, pulling forward my aura as a shield as someone tosses a top at me, I pull it on extremely fast, staring at the man
With everything going on, I was more stuck on the names I
caught up with who she was trying to name,
miss such an
yourself,
going on.
the meaning
sharply.
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in his strong southern accent, his
I ask coldly. ” Not that
but she failed. Right up until the very end she failed me and has taken the location of one of my treasures with her to the grave. Something I gave her to safe keep. You wouldn’t know anything about it now, would you?” His eyes darken, but I remain impassive, unmoving as I hold his gaze,
Moon Dust? Is that how Mom
is almost here and with the three points of the triquetra being here. I
Focus, Zaía.
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wouldn’t tell
you found us here… coincidence, I
to you. I knew you had the rage and fight in you, if only you chose
two Kings,” Lawrence says.
looks down, his eyes flashing. Grandad’s words didn’t seem to settle well with
feel guilt clawing at me, but at the same
and now he must lie
his eyes
his head before
off, and I look at
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the one behind it all. The one pulling
has, for years. And finally, the time has come
No, you won’t.
werewolf race that
says as he steps closer to me. He isn’t in a good
those who cannot shift, those
deserve to die. And then those
will be the
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Those who will be strong like Zade and Gaultier, not losers like
Why did he even
Atticus’s sister?
done something to
Atticus snarls, his
Atticus has been helping me.
drag the innocent
touched Linette-”
fools…” He throws his head
That you deserve to win, that you are correct, yet you know nothing about the truth behind your
mean?” I
the Blood Born are three, the Sublime and Sable are born
Blood Born are siblings.”
of
are you trying to say?” I ask sharply as Atticus
apply to the Toussaint twins and the King brothers…”
the Scott’s.” Dad says
both look
Atticus and Valerie?
on Grandad’s face makes
Dad is somehow correct.
“What?” Atticus asks sharply.
as I try
together.
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