His Straight Pet
“No, kin. I don’t waste insults on the helpless.”
That stings. I see it in the tightening of his jaw, the faint flush rising beneath his skin. Humans wear their pride so openly, so carelessly. It is too easy to prod, too easy to wound.
“You think I’m helpless?” His voice drops, defensive now, brittle but sharp.
“I think,” I murmur, circling him again so he must turn to follow me, “that you are useful. For now. But usefulness ends. And men like Perez—men who hunger for crowns—when usefulness ends, so does the one who provided it.”
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