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Guilt tore through Green as he stared at Melanie. She d made a simple request
and he d treated her poorly.
She let out a soft laugh as tears filled her eyes. Now, you know why I don t open
up to men. Why it s easier for me to just take what I want and discard them. They re
good for sex and that s it. If I need to talk to someone, I call my friends. Hurts less when
they treat me like shit.
Another pang of guilt ripped through him.
Elizabeth closed her eyes and shook her head. I m so sorry, Melanie. I didn t
mean to do this to you.
Do what?
Make you think there is no such thing as love. Make you into someone who has
had to spend her entire life hiding the inner you. Someone who goes out of her way to
avoid emotional attachments to the opposite sex. I m so sorry.
Melanie looked up and reached for Elizabeth. You need to hide, like now!
Ferdian s power is in the air around me.
Swear to me that you won t try to fight him and that you ll stay away from
Green, Elizabeth said, sounding panicked. You aren t strong enough to fight them both,
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Melanie. One has the power to destroy you physically and the other can do it
emotionally.
Melanie stood tall. You ve always told me that I couldn t go up against a man
like Ferdian. That he d destroy me.
He will. Men feared me. I walked among a league of Fae warrior women who
can only be compared to the Amazon or the Valkyries and even I wasn t strong enough to
defeat him.
Melanie smiled. Here lies the biggest difference between us, Elizabeth. My
mother comes from a very long line of Fae that can only be associated with nymphs,
sirens, and any other kind of seductive temptresses. She told me once that was why she
was my father s mate, his wife, because only someone like her could tame his wild
streak. I may need your help understanding how to fire a weapon but I don t need your
help when the weapon is sex.
Elizabeth lunged for Melanie but Melanie side stepped her. No! Don t you dare
try to get past his defenses by seducing him. He ll destroy you.
I m dying. I know that. Might as well take the boogieman down with me. Now,
Melanie tipped her head back, I think it's time you hide.
I need to tell you how to wake us up, Elizabeth said.
No. I don t want your help. Not if you re willing to turn your back on Green. I
won t let Ferdian hurt him. Green may think the worst of me but I think he s a great man.
I refuse to push him aside and leave him to fend for himself.
Power surged around Green and he blinked to find himself staring at Melanie. She
was lying on the floor next to him. His hand was wrapped in hers. Medrawd was bent
over her, touching her cheek.
He looked at Green and sighed. She s fighting to come to now. I m holding her
back because she fully intends on erasing everyone s memory of what transpired.
Green lifted a brow. She can do that?
Oh, yes. Though, I didn t realize I d passed it onto her until Missy s father called
me one day when they were teenagers, demanding to know why she wasn t grounded for
getting caught sneaking out again when the other two girls were up shit creek. He told me
that I d been furious but for some reason, I kept letting Melanie off. He chuckled. It
was then I figured out I d passed the gift to erase short-term memories to her. You ll be
immune to it. It s not something Elizabeth could do so I didn t expect Melanie to be able
to do it either.
You re responsible for me seeing what went on, aren t you? Green asked,
keeping his hand around Melanie s.
You had a right to know the truth. If what Lukian said is true, that you loved her
and she you, then I owed you as much. He ran a hand through his hair, clearly shaken. I
thought if you understood you might be able to help me figure out a way to save my
daughter. You see, she will either kill herself with her own power, merge fully with her
other essence, or....
Or? Green was sure he didn t want to hear what Medrawd had to say but he
didn t have a choice.
Medrawd swallowed hard. Or Melanie or Elizabeth s personality, their essence,
will figure out a way to survive independent of the other. Meaning, we could end up
having Elizabeth without Melanie s memories or vice versa. I love my sister, Green. My
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daughter, however, is my daughter. I don t want to lose either but it may come to that. I
know you have nothing to gain if Melanie is the one who comes through, and to be
honest, I can t see Elizabeth or Melanie willingly fighting the other to survive. It s
confusing I know. I won t blame you if you walk away and wash your hands of this. I
think that s what Elizabeth would prefer you do.
Green held tight to Melanie. Yes, but Melanie doesn t want to push me away and
I don t want to go.
I can t hold her back anymore. I ve given her what strength I can without
overloading her system. She has no clue you were there, Green. And the others won t
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