Chapter 108



*Merikh*

My neck throbs in pain as I frown at Ezrah. This is someone I trust, someone I considered to be a friend or at least friendly, even when the council refused to be that way with me. But Colette is right to question him and where his allegiance stands. Too much is happening, too much doesn't make sense and he might just be that missing piece.

Hybrid Lauren wasn't created on purpose. She was an accident, but who the hell put her back together enough for her body to heal? There is so much that doesn't make sense.

Things that go against the natural law or things we understand as supernatural beings. My head hurts and a wave of exhaustion floats over me, lingering just out of reach to shoo away or catch and nap off.

"You are choosing our side?" Colette asks Ezrah, who looks sad, but he nods in agreement.

"Yes,"

"Why?" she retorts, her eyes narrowed as she waits for the truth.

"Fae have special gifts, and jobs we take seriously," he explains.

"I already know that." She grits out and he frowns.

"And you know that I have the ability to move very fast, to deliver messages and talk my way out of situations."

"Not doing a very good job of talking yourself out of this one," she snorts, and he shakes his head in disbelief.

“Luna, I am trying very hard to be cordial."

I sigh, a heavy exhale as I punch the bridge of my nose.

"We don't need cordial, we need honesty." I tell him and he nods solemnly.

"I know." he paces over to a chair and plops down, looking torn. "This has been my life for hundreds of years, this is what people with my abilities do. To share with you secrets I have been sworn to protect is breaking everything I know and believe. I will have no family after this."

Colette softens in her anger and she frowns before she reaches out and takes my hand in hers.

think Giselle will stop with just me. She has Lily, and she had Lauren. Who knows who else she has on her side that is coming to what? Capture me?

and I furrow my brows, for the

and

it is not someone I know, or I have at least not yet been made aware of who it

his chest raises suspicion now. What if Ezrah is lying or

since everything has happened?"

with mine as we watch his jaw tighten and his eyes close in guilt as he nods

"Yes."

has control over you, like the others?" Colette asks, and he looks intrigued by the idea before shaking his head from side

like she does the others. I have been neutral and due to the nature of my travels, I would be too far from her to be effective," he admits. "That and I have spoken with Giselle, but never Lily. She is a traitor to my

you do have some

with you has been real, and at every turn, when I felt something was amiss, I would do my best to leave hints or clues to help you with my abilities." He says, his face filled with torment and guilt. "I truly believe your kind has

she meets my eyes. Her emotions flow freely between us, hers melding with mine

wish to choose sides?" I ask him and

has gone on too long, and for someone to tamper with my memory, to use me to deliver an assassination attempt...it is time I choose a side as many of my kind have been forced to do." His demeanor changes, growing more frustrated with the situation the more he talks about what

toward him, her head tilting as she assesses Ezrah before she reaches out and waits for his hand. A curious frown tugs at his face before he looks at me for what to do. I can't help but

committing to fighting with us. Handshakes

shakes it. Colette smiles

the

says back, making Colette shake

window as the sun grows lower in the sky. I try

the side of the bed as I breathe through the pain that feels like a steel sponge dragging through the insides of my veins. Colette's

the hell is happening to me?"

cleansing. One of air and light," he says, as if that makes total sense and I should

care to explain?" Colette asks, her brows tugging

elket

light to my will, in only certain instances. In this case, I forced it through your

snap my head up,

is still here?" I ask him, and

indeed,"

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