Chapter — What It CostsThe chamber smelled like copper and old wax.Mei came through the door still wearing the blood. Not her own. Hers had dried dark down one forearm, cracking when she flexed her fist, and she didn't bother wiping it away. Some part of her wanted it seen.Aurora didn't turn from the window."You went without me."Not a question. Mei stopped in the doorway anyway, breath still ragged from the run back, from the fury still burning under her skin with nowhere left to go."I didn't need permission.""No." Aurora's voice stayed even. Level. Worse for it. "You needed patience. I offered you that. You threw it in the street with the rest of my men.""Your men." Mei's laugh came out jagged, humorless. "They died for my son. Don't stand there and make this about ownership."Aurora turned, finally.Her face gave away nothing. That was the thing about her — had always been the thing about her, since she was small enough to sit on Mei's knee and watch the games their kind pla
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