Dark Promises
I laughed.
"Oh Balt, how pitiful. It seems you believe I have forgotten the deal my precious niece made all those years ago. You kill me, Athena dies. A life for a life, and it's been a long twenty-nine years in the little torture chamber," His jaw ticked then. Balthazar knew I had him beat. He straightened in his throne, the gilded skulls appearing gaudier than I remembered—the throne beside him matched his in every way.
"Athena's life would be a small price to pay for the millions it would save," I stepped toward him. His eyes locked on mine. I glamoured myself, the dark magic coursing through my veins as it whispered sweet promises to me.
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