I scoff, tossing my arms up.It’s vital information! Whose side are you on?
She gives me some fierce side-eye.I would think the answer to that is relatively clear.
Furi, if you know something else, you better spit it out.
A loud sigh blasts from her nostrils, blowing my hair back.
What the seer said is true.
My heart plummets.How can you be certain?
I rely on my senses. And when he is around, there is cold like I’ve never known.
But…how? It just doesn’t make sense.
Some things do not make sense. But they are as they are.
And the others?
You must come to that on your own.
Fuck that, we all might all be dead in two weeks.
We will not die. I will prevent it.
Furi, unless you’ve been hiding the ability to see the future, then you don’t know that for certain.
You already know, Blackblood, you’ve just yet to face it.
I shake my head, trying to clear away the warring emotions.
No.No.It’s just too absurd to be true. But Margot’s words seem inescapable. And the thought of that feels like a poison in my mind.
I groan, leaning against her and sliding onto the cave floor. The jagged spikes along the ceiling angle toward me like a sky of daggers.
How is it possible to have all this power and still feel so out of control?
Power is not synonymous with control. To believe otherwise is foolish.
I have to believe I have it for a reason, though. And that I’m meant to use it to do some good in the world. AKA stop the psychotic king obsessed with world domination.
Heed your ancestor, Blackblood.
Who, Arden? How can I when her advice seems ass-backwards? She and Margot both basically said the same thing…but I can’t be queen.
I can’t behisqueen.
Do you doubt her? Do you doubt that you are meant to lead?
Yes. Who would follow me?
This earth would fall to its knees before you if you were willing to claim it.
I’m not a conqueror. I’m not Kylian.
No, you were born to this and for this. The thing you are most afraid of—Arden said you must face it.
I have many fears.
