Bait for the devil
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the Apex—the raw, beautiful terror of Girard’s true nature.
The link between us was quiet, a dull ache that felt like a severed limb.
“You should eat, Madame.”
I looked up to see Bastien, Girard’s Beta. He was usually a man of stone, but today his eyes held a flicker of something I hadn’t seen before: respect.
“I’m not hungry, Bastien,” I said, my voice raspy. “How is he?”
“The silver is gone, but the Primal State takes a toll on the soul,” Bastien said, sitting across from me. “He gave up his humanity to save you. In our world, that is the ultimate sacrifice. But it has created a vacuum.”
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