Dagger to the Heart
Still, I continued coolly, "With our hearts swapped and my heartblood recovered, you only have a hundred years left to leave. And now, we owe each other nothing."
"I'm not going to kill you either—just do whatever you want. But if you bother me again, I'd have no choice but to reunite you with Yvette."
Clutching his chest in pain, Cain's brow creased as he coughed a mouthful of blood.
I swung my sword, carving a rift through the ground and finished, "We are now no more than strangers. Never cross that line again."
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Xerxes was stricken with worry by the time I returned to the demonic realm, and he couldn't resist pulling me into his arms as soon as he saw me.