Her eyes narrowed on me. “Don’t disrespect me. I am much older than you.”
I stood up and slammed my hands down on the wooden table.
“Fuck you,” I hissed. “You don’t deserve my respect just because you are an old, envious cunt.”
Her mouth fell open in shock, and Diath began laughing.
“Excuse me?”
“Did I fucking stutter?” Being a star had not taken my wrath away. I wanted to fight all of them. “You know what? Stand up. I want to fucking fight.”
“Malamay, get her under control,” Abarra hissed.
“You think I can control her? I told all of you to stop provoking her.”
“She ruined our fucking plans!” Abarra yelled.
Malamay glared at her, and I gave her a look that had her shrinking back. I wanted to rip her head off. I had sacrificed everything. Now, I just needed Haden to go to Avesh and trigger his memories so I could get the fuck out of this hell.
“Malamay.” She gaped at him. “She broke laws to mate with that…”
I slammed my hands down again, shaking the table, before pointing at her.
“You better choose your next words about Haden very fucking carefully,” I hissed. The other stars were watching, amusement clear on their faces. This was as exciting as our lives ever got up here.
“Abomination from Hell.” She smiled.
I truly think she believed I would not rock her shit. I had never moved so fast over a table in my life. I tackled her out of her chair so hard that we both fell to the floor. She was screaming as I punched her, busting her lip over her teeth repeatedly. Someone was trying to pull me off, and I knew it was Malamay purely bythe fact that he wasn’t trying too hard. Taking a few more swings on her, I smiled smugly when I saw how much she was bleeding.
Malamay was hauling me up by my arms, so I kicked her once for good measure. When I glanced around, Diath was staring at me with a disapproving stare. I gave her a big grin. Wrath swarmed inside of me, and I knew that was not normal for a star.
Malamay pulled me out of the room before he let me go. He sighed heavily and paced like a disappointed father, despite looking the same age as me.
He stopped and smiled softly. “Did that make you feel better?”
“Only for a moment.”
Malamay frowned at me, and I could see the wheels of his mind spinning.
“If I let you go with me to see Haden, will you be able to behave?”
My heart pounded violently in my chest.
“Yes,” I lied.
Malamay gave me a pointed look, telling me he knew I was full of shit. I could tell he was up to something because there was no way he would allow me to do this without an ulterior motive. But I would take it; I didn’t care.
“You will have to keep your cloak over you so that he does not know it's you.”
“Okay,” I said eagerly.
I missed him so fucking much that I did not feel any sort of happiness anymore. My world had lost its color since I had lost Haden. Malamay sighed heavily and pinched his nose. “My son is driving me insane,” he muttered.
I smiled when I heard Haden’s voice begin to echo around me. He was praying again.
“I think I will start praying to the stars every single time I think of Della. So be prepared to never hear another thing in your existence but my voice. I pray that each of you dread hearing myprayers. I pray it haunts you in your dreams and when you are awake.”
“I am going to find a way to punish Avesh for telling Haden that the stars can hear their prayers. It is meant for serious issues.”
