LUCY
The matebond. It must be the matebond.
Yet… How can he sense my feelings, or perhaps even my thoughts, when our souls haven't been officially joined?
Maybe it is a perk of his royal blood, or maybe it is simply a byproduct of whatever I am becoming. Whatever the reason, I realize I have to collaborate with his story as if we've rehearsed this.
The alternative is a bomb these people are not ready for. They haven't even recovered from the first one.
"That so?" The Supreme speaks at last. His voice sounds as if it's traveling through water, heavy and distorted by the shock he is still battling.
He knows Tavric isn't lying. That none of us is.
And I wonder what is flickering through his mind. Does he want to kill me to preserve the status quo? Or is he already calculating how to oust the hunters?
