Never hers.
The door to the holding slides open, and in comes Cole, Grady, and Blake.
Maybe today is the day I get to leave this world.
If there is an afterlife, I wonder how Gabby will receive me. Will she be happy I avenged her? Something tells me she’d be sad.
Cole opens Alistair’s cell and moves out of the way. “Your time has been served and you’re free to go.”
I’m glad he gets to go back to Britney. He did good by her, ridding the world of her stain of a father.
Or maybe that’s where I’m wrong. Maybe those things I did were meant for me and me alone. Some people live their lives in the light, even during these abysmal times.
Frowning, Cole approaches my cell next, placing his hand on the scanner.
The door slides open. I make no move to get up.
“Come on.” Cole gestures for me to exit.
“I don’t think I will.”
“Then I guess you don’t want to see Fiona.”
The mention of her name gets my attention.
“Is she okay?”
“She’s fine. A bit ornery, and I suspect you had something to do with that.”
“Do I get to say goodbye before execution or something?”
“Maybe.”
“What aren’t you telling me?”
“We’re making a final decision regarding what we’re going to do with you.”
“Is this some kind of hearing?”
“We’re calling it a Judicium. People that break the law will get to tell their stories, and I’ll preside over their judgment with the help of a small council.”
“Fuck that. Not going.”
“You don’t have a choice.”
“What?” I chuckle dryly. “Are you going to threaten to kill me?”
“Fiona doesn’t want to take another Keeper. If you come to your Judicium, I won’t make her.”
I sit up on my cot and shoot him a glare. “I’ll fucking kill you!”
Cole smirks. “If I don’t kill you first.”
He has me by the balls and there’s nothing I can do about it. I might as well do this one last good thing. Forher.
And I have to admit, the thought of her wanting to stay single brings me a measure of comfort.
“Come on, Hunts. We don’t got all day.”
