and they were banished back. I could do
nothing less while trapped here than to repay
this world for the blow they dealt us. So I will
make this world into a mirror of our homeland
—to honor my brothers, and to prepare it for
their return.”
Dorian sifted through countless lessons on
the royal houses of their lands and said, “I,
too, know what it is to have a brotherly
rivalry.” He gave the king a simpering smile.
“You killed yours,” Erawan said, bored
already. “I love my brothers dearly.”
The idea was laughable.
Half the hallway remained until the tower
door. “Will you truly decimate this world,
then? All who dwell in it?”
“Those who do not kneel.”
Maeve, at least, wished to preserve it. To
rule, but to preserve it.
“Would they receive collars and rings, or a
lily
(lily)
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