“Don’t feel too relieved just yet. I’m not done,” Eurus advised. “You are the one who will be held accountable if this goes wrong. As an heir of Roake, your fate is shared with theirs. Everything you do reflects back on them. I want you to truly think about which pieces of your past to keep and which to let go.”
In other words, he was saying Jin should be relegated to a dark closet somewhere and forgotten.
Kira held Eurus’s gaze. “Jin will never be a part of my past.”
Maybe it would have been better to nod and act like she would consider his advice.
Something in her couldn’t do that. Not after Jin was already designated as property. There had to be a line, and this was hers.
“If Roake ever has a problem with that, they are welcome to find another heir,” Kira said, meaning every word.
She wouldn’t abandon Jin for Roake. No how; no way.
Eurus sighed. “You’re every bit as stubborn as your parents.”
So Kira had been told.
Eurus waved his hand at her. “You’re dismissed.”
Kira started to turn when Eurus’s voice brought her up short.
“Not you, Overlord. We still have things to discuss.”
Kira hesitated, looking up at Harlow in uncertainty.
He set a hand on her shoulder and nudged her toward Makon. “Go. I’ll be fine. Makon will get you settled in my absence.”
Kira sent one last look Harlow’s way as Makon gestured for her to proceed him.
“Heir, this way, if you please.”
Reluctantly, Kira started after Makon, following him up the stairs as Finn and Alexander trailed behind them.
“What do you have to say for yourself?” Eurus asked as the doors to the chamber closed behind Kira and the rest, cutting off Harlow’s response.
Kira stared at the wood paneling for a second more, uncomfortable at the turn of events.
Jin let out a whoop as he did a quick loop in the air. “It feels so good to be out of there. I thought I would suffocate.”
Makon started down the hallway as Caius stopped next to Kira. “You needn’t worry about the Overlord. Harlow is skilled at taking care of himself.”
There was a playful smirk on Caius’s face that didn’t quite match the penetrating look in his eye.
This man was trying to get her measure, Kira realized. Analyzing every expression and gesture to see if she was wanting.
Huh.
Caius wasn’t the friendly, easy-going person he seemed.
Kira supposed that was a given considering he was one of her uncle’s trusted subordinates. He wouldn’t be here otherwise.
Kira kept her thoughts to herself as she started after Makon, Caius strolling in her wake.
Finn looked from Alexander to Jin, a question lingering on his face.
“Go ahead. Say what you’re thinking,” Alexander told him.
“Lying to Eurus was a mistake.”
