Page 51 of Savage Throne
He was dressed in blue.
Tiffany blue.
“You’re a killer, Monique.” Leo’s voice was smooth and even fucking proud. “You killed them all. Fast.”
“N-no,” I stammered, shaking my head in disbelief. “I’m not. I didn’t know—”
“As I said before, it doesn’t matter.” Leo’s voice hardened. “Look at what you’ve done. You are a cold-blooded murderer. Breathe it in.”
“I am not breathing in shit!” I snatched my arm away from his hand and stumbled back. “I know who I am—”
“You’re my daughter in blood now.”
“I-I’m not.”
“You are.”
I gazed down at my shaking hands. “I didn’t know so. . .that means nothing. I wouldn’t have done it if I knew—”
“But you saw the blood—”
“I wasn’t sure—”
“There was a point where you were sure that it was blood—”
“No.”
“By the sixth or seventh target, I could see the realization hitting your mind yet you kept on shooting—”
“I thought it might have been an illusion or—”
“Oh no, you knew what you were doing, but you also knew that Lei and your sisters needed you more, so you killed them for love—”
“I didn’t!” I lifted my view and glared at me. “I see what you’re trying to do, but it won’t happen.”
“It will—”
“I am not a killer, you can do and say what you want but I will never be a killer!” I took another step back and pointed at him. “If you want that from me then you would have to kill me.”
Leo leaned his head to the side. “Is that what you want?”
I took another step back.
“My dear daughter, I don’t want to but if you don’t do what is necessary tonight then. . .I will.” And just like that fast a blade whipped into his hand and he raised it up between us.
The moonlight gleamed on it.
“I would make your death quick of course.” Leo nodded. “As painless as possible, because. . .if you don’t fit my plans then. . .”
I blinked away tears. “Leo. . .there has to be another way than making me a killer. I can maneuver and solve situations without having to pick up a gun and pull a trigger—”
“You will have to do just that many, many times.” He looked at the blade. “But let’s return to the hypothetical. If I have to kill you then that means I need a new Mountain Mistress.”
I gazed at the ground.
“Which means that Lotus Blossom would have to be vacant again. And your sisters well. . .there’s no need for them to be alive if they’re not a part ofmyplan.”
I snapped my view back to him. “Don’t you threaten my sisters!”
