TheoRonan exhales sharply through his nose. “Enough. We’re all on the same side,” He looks at all our allies, letting his gaze tell them that that is an order for them all. Slowly, I see them start to nod. Then he levels a warning look at Ransom, “Temporarily.”Ransom mutters, “How generous.”“Wait, there's something else I have to say. Kane is dead,” Aria swallows her throat, working like it’s painful for her to do so. “My mother killed him.”Her breathing hitches, and Ransom puts his hand on her shoulder in comfort, continuing for her. “They had her mother bound to Kane. From what I gather, they’d been using her for some time to power they vail. It was a dual death.”Gods.The shock rippled across our group. Binding yourself to someone isn’t done. It was only done in earlier centuries when powerful families assigned guards to their children, their heirs. But bonds like that are dangerous. They join their lives, tie their lives together, even if one or the other party has mates. The
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