Kira’s POV The courtyard was still buzzing like a kicked beehive, council members muttering, Caroline sniffling dramatically on the ground, Lady Margaret pretending to look concerned while mentally sharpening her knives, when my eyes locked on the one person who could make this circus even better.There she was, slinking out from the palace doors like a whipped puppy. Shoulders hunched, head down, eyes glued to the stones as if she hoped the ground would swallow her whole.My dear sweet Victoria.Oh, honey. Jackpot. If she hadn’t opened her lying mouth and sent me into that cursed Dark Zone, maybe I wouldn’t have been possessed by whatever it was back there like a feral cat, maybe I wouldn’t have climbed Adrian like a tree, and maybe…just maybe…I wouldn’t currently feel like I needed a ten-hour shower and a priest to get Adrian’s scent off me.She was going to pay. Slowly. Deliciously. With interest.I lifted one hand and crooked a finger at her, slow and lazy, like I was calling a
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