eyes blinking. “It would be our honor to prove
our loyalty to our queen.”
Maeve smiled at the spider. Dorian
shuddered.
“Immortal, powerful hosts,” Maeve purred
to the Valg king. “With their innate gifts,
imagine how the princesses might thrive
within them. Both spider and princess
becoming more.”
Becoming a horror beyond all reckoning.
Erawan said nothing, and Maeve flicked
her fingers, the portal and spider vanishing.
She rose, graceful as a shadow. “I shall let you
consider this alliance, if that is what you wish.
The kharankui will do as I bid them—and will
happily march under your banner.”
“Yet what shall I say to my brother, when I
see him again?”
Maeve angled her head. “Do you plan to
see Orcus again?”
lily
(lily)
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