His eyes widened as he realized what I was saying.
“That’s right,” I confirmed, lowering my voice. “You shouldn’t have taken her from us. Either of them.”
Eros stepped around me, her hand tangling in Father’s hair and yanking it back.
“We’re going to sit on your throne and undo everything you did to fuck up the demon realms,” she vowed. “Every dirty deal. Every murder. Every human life lost, we are going to make it right. Starting with Mother.”
“Remember her,” I commanded. His eyes shifted to mine. “Remember her laugh. Her smile. How caring she was.Youtook her away from us.Youruined the only good thing in our life. And you can think about that as you rot in the dungeons.”
“The lily will leave you paralyzed, but don’t worry—we will make sure you’re fed enough to be kept alive,” Eros said. “And as you go crazy down there, slowly but surely, I want you to remember Mom.”
She let go of his head, letting it flop to the floor.
“You’ll be burning for eternity. Unable to move. You’ll be begging for us to kill you, but we won’t.”
“We will take your crown, though,” Eros said and plopped said item off his head.
There was nothing more satisfying than watching Father try his hardest to fight and fail.
“Guards,” I called to the ones I knew would already be outside the door, awaiting my orders.
It’s over.
26
EVE
Iwas back, and my life was a shitshow.
After being gone for so long, my stuff had been taken from my apartment. My landlord thought I was dead, and since I had no family or friends, he’d sold everything. He let me know all that after I showed up on his doorstep in a very dirty gown, probably looking like I’d gone through hell.
The twins hadn’t even given me a chance to shower and change. But that was fine.
There was nothing for me here anymore. I knew I was going back the instant my feet touched the ground and Eros disappeared.
Maybe I owed it to the twins to at least tryto get my life back in order…
Fuck that. And fuck them for leaving me here without them.
It was time to use the medallion Angelica had given me. I had no other way to get back to the Demon Realm.
Would they be pissed when they realized I was back?Somehow, I doubted that. And I didn’t care if they were.
I knew what I wanted, and I was going for it.
It hurt a little to see them push me away like they had. But I was determined to make it back to their side.
Now, how do I use this?
I looked at the metal object. It had engravings all over, and the metal was black and cool to the touch. In the middle, there was some sort of creature I couldn’t make out. I rubbed my thumb over it, attempting to clear the image, and it lit up, vibrating in my palm.
The world blackened around me until it was completely gone.
My body felt like it was being squeezed in a thousand different ways before the human world deteriorated and Angelica’s human safe house came into view. Chatter amongst the humans stopped as I appeared, but they quickly went on their way when they saw who I was.
“Eve!” Angelica said, rushing to me. “I was just on my way out. Come, let’s get you to a bunk.”
Her expression was worried, the same one I saw when they had broken into the whorehouse. Obviously, she hadn’t been expecting me.
