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“Exactly,” she said, her words harsher than the lightning arcing through the sky. “Now, I will retire for the evening as I know exactly how early that gong rings.”
“Good night,” Xa
irin and I said simultaneously as she swept out of the room.Then, the two of us were alone. After another shot of the spicy alcohol, I offered him a final threat. “You will treat Assyria as an equal to us, as you treat Rapp. No more attitude or threats like you offered her at di
er. Am I clear?”“Abundantly,” he replied, though I didn’t miss the sarcasm in his tone. He shifted from foot to foot, and I waited for what he would say next. “I can’t imagine how you felt once you realized the Angels had her. It’s not a situation I would ever wish upon anyone, let alone the one person who has been by my side since we were younglings.”
His words dulled the edge of my anger toward him, but I didn’t trust that they weren’t carefully chosen to do just that. “Actions speak louder than words,” I reminded him. Then, I grabbed my shirt and left him standing in the middle of a storm of his own making.