I allow the smallest smirk to cross my lips.
“I’m enacting my brothers’ and my right to terminate the agreement made on our behalf. I call for a fair hearing under the Law of Doppia Disaccord.”
The chamber falls so silent you could hear a feather fall.
That only lasts a breath later.
Derivius throws his head back, laughing as he stands from his chair, clapping.
Kirabaddon, Sabelline, and Calista turn on Rellannaver and begin shouting question after question.
Rather than answering them, her gaze scans across all of us.
“When the fuck did you add that clause, Accord?”
“Do not speak to her that way, Obliteration.” Derivius’s eyes glow as he takes a step toward him. “Aside from Val, we all signed that agreement. You and your whore were the two who neglected to read the fine print.”
“Enough! Both of you,” the Goddess of Accord says, slowly standing from her seat. “The remaining sons, step forward.”
Nero moves out of the way as my brothers step to either side of me. I swear the energy thrumming under their skin vibrates against mine.
“I ask this only once. Do you each truly believe that you have exceeded the expectations laid before you in the agreement?”
“Yes.”
There’s no hesitation in any of us.
We know we have.
“Very well. What is your requested time until your appearance?”
“One week.”
Our father barks a laugh. “I will not grant this.”
“I approve of one week and twelve signatures is all they will need,” Derivius says. “I proclaim here and now, as you are my witnesses, that I will sign in favor of the sons.”
“Of fucking course you will. This isnotmoving forward.”
Kirabaddon’s eyes bleed black as he glares at Derivius.
“A compromise can be made,” the Goddess of Accord says. “I move for three days.”
My gaze flicks to Derivius, and I give him a slight nod. If they can’t compromise on a time frame, they can move for my request to be downright denied.
“I approve,” he states.
“One condition.”
“Calista,” Kirabaddon growls, and she bats her lashes at him.
“Under their arrangement, I have the right to request their presence. I call forth my right to enact that. Here and now. If they willingly agree to come spend time with me, with their Binder and Riven, of course, I will approve of two days, not three.”
Goose bumps break out across my skin.
For a fleeting second, I’m tempted to say never mind.
“May my brothers and I converse?” I ask.
