“He reacted to the pull of the Valley.”
“He wanted to remain?”
“It was a consideration, yes.”
“You intervened?”
“I didn’t pull him out. He did that on his own. It had to be his choice.”
“I see. Now the pull to the Valley won’t remain with him.”
“Yes.” He sighed. “Ruxnoth had reframed Winter’s rage and wish to inflict violence upon him as a defecthe’dcreated in Winter, one that would forever remain. He had Winter believing that he’s tainted now, no longer ‘good’ or his former gentle self.”
“That could never be true.”
“I agree. But we’re not the ones who need to see and believe that, are we?”
“We’re monitoring him, and now you’ve told me this, it’ll help the three of us with our approach to Winter’s recovery. And given this, I need to fill you in on the interaction Winter and Zayn had with Ruxnoth before I arrived on the scene inside Sanctus.”
He scrubbed his hand over his face. “Tether the targets first, then we’ll discuss it.”
I frowned. “Youdowant me to employ my version?”
“Yeah. It’s untraceable. Mine could be compromised under certain circumstances.”
“My tether to Winter was broken. You need to be made aware of that.”
“That was an extreme circumstance with Sanctus being on another metaphysical plane. Not even just another realm, but also on a plane that no one, not nature itself, even knew existed. You do this, though, and you will technically be complicit. I will of course protect you, but morally, ethically, it will land on you.Because Iwillkill Ansel and the several others I’ve identified as beyond being rehabilitated. I’ll also insist on you tethering me to your tether.”
Of course he’d insist on that. It might be considered paranoid by many, but for somebody with his depth of trauma, the threats he’d dealt with, it was justified hypervigilance.
“I understand. And regarding the eliminations you’re planning, that was already my intent anyway.”
He arched an eyebrow. “Are Evira and Zayn aware of this?”
“They’re aware that I’m here to tag the hostile necromancers so I can monitor them.”
“Your true intent is a lot to carry.”
“Not really, given my background. Besides there will be a great deal more to carry soon.”
“You’ve decided to become sovereign, then?”
“Something that would need to be discussed with my loves first if it were the case.”
His lips quirked. “Of course.” He gestured back at Ansel with his hand that was still glowing with his power and holding him at bay, “In the meantime, let’s see to this.”
“Indeed.”
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~Zayn~
Vax was really riding my ass.
And not in the fun way.
Not in the way that got my dick hard just even picturing it and taking that phrasing literally.Mmm.Like shoved down on the bed with his big, hard body pinning mine as his scaled-up cock rearranged my insides, where Evira and Winter would then—wow.
