Katherine’s POV
The estate is unusually quiet when I get home from work. I don’t notice the usual hustle and bustle, but I chalk it up to coming home later than I normally do.
I push open the door to my darkened office, pour myself a glass of scotch, and make my way over to the desk. I turn on the desk lamp and sit down, taking a deep sip of my drink.
“Hello, Iokaste,” I lean back in my chair, addressing the woman in the tall wingback seat across the desk, “You look like shit.”
“Hello, Katherine. Thank you for the compliment,” she snarks at me and leans forward from the shadow, letting me see her pale skin and sunken eyes be more clearly. Her spindly hand supports her chin. The longer I look at her, the more I realize she is way too thin.
“K-Kas. Are-are you alright?” I stammer when I see her true condition.
“Don’t worry about me, darling. You never have before. I'm here because I need you to do something for me. I'm going to give you a choice on how you do it,” she says, steepling her fingers in front of her face.
I laugh dismissively, “You're going to tell me what to do? Darling, not in this lifetime.”
“Well then, your precious Maven, Amari's Giatros, and Tessa’s Fuoros will stay with me until the end of their lifetimes,” she counts on her fingers casually.
“What are you talking about?” I stand up and try to mind link my sisters.
“No one’s here, Katherine,” Iokaste’s voice rings back in my mind, “They came willingly when I asked.”
“You're a fucking liar. The Maven won't go any where with you,” Islam my hand on the table at her falsehoods.
Iokaste leans her head back against the chair and cackles dryly at me, “You're supposed to be so damn smart. You're just as conceited and foolish as the next person, Katherine.”
She stands slowly, supporting herself against the arm of the chair.
my eyes grow
Why, yes. Yes, I am,” she interrupts, “So which
I look at her in disbelief, “Kas, please let me help you. Whatever got you
commands, rolling her eyes and swiping her fingers
she tells me what she wants from me as
with that?” I grow] at her when she stands up
that you haven’t done it before? Do I need
you can’t have my Maven, Iokaste. They’re mine,” I cross my arms in front of me, “When do you want me to
about...now?” her cold eyes look into my soul as she claps her hands in front
snow-covered field. The moon is low in the clear
take off my high heels, and
to do
to that degenerate. I'm
Katherine? There’s a reason
I order. My bones crack and elongate and fur sprouts from my skin as we take
Cora. [ Hello sisters! I'm looking for Coral,”
out from behind a thicket of trees in human form. Her voice is calm
out to the side and lowers her head, exposing her neck. I look around and see nine sets of red eyes glaring
trapped us. If we don't, they will kill us. If we
with blood on
fight back. Her windpipe and neck snap in one bite. Seraph releases
eyes. I can only hope for a better ending in the next
Kas’s POV
into the chair and embrace the pain of Cora’s death. A few minutes later, another wave of agony confirms Katherine’s demise. I relish her death for different
hallway and around the office. By the time anyone realizes there is a fire, nothing will be left except ashes. As the flames build around me, I create a portal and step into a large room with twenty-seven patiently waiting women in a comfortable green and gray
look solemnly at the sad faces, “I'll give you the evening
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