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

will on you if you don’t comply with my request? Why, yes. Yes, I am,” she interrupts, “So which

 

in disbelief, “Kas, please let

 

Sit,” she commands, rolling her eyes and swiping her fingers downward.

 

the first time,” she leans forward on my desk and tilts her head while she tells me what she

 

How can I agree with that?” I grow] at her when she

 

going to deny that you haven’t done it before? Do I need to compel

 

Iokaste. They’re mine,” I cross my arms in front of me, “When do

 

soul as she claps her

 

of a windy, snow-covered field. The moon is low in the clear dark sky. In the distance, I can see

 

heels,

 

going to do what

that degenerate. I'm going to talk sense into the Agrios,”

 

Katherine? There’s a

we take wolf form. We pad our way to the tree line toward the wolves guarding of

 

[ Hello sisters! I'm looking for Coral,”

 

Seraph. Kas spoke to Katherine?” Cora steps out from behind a thicket of trees in human form. Her

 

look around and see nine sets of red eyes glaring at me from

 

it, Seraph. Iokaste trapped us. If we don't, they will kill us. If we

 

die with blood

 

fight back. Her windpipe and neck snap in one bite. Seraph releases her grip and stands back, watching the light of Cora’s spirit leave her

 

Agrios wolves, who are all mere feet away from me. I look around, trying to find an escape,

 

arms out and close my eyes. I can only hope for a better ending in the next lifetime as I feel the first painful bite

 

Kas’s POV

 

pain of Cora’s death. A few minutes later, another wave of agony confirms Katherine’s demise. I relish her death for different reasons. Her need for control over everyone made it

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

evening to mourn the loss of

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