Jennifer

had soothed the sting

But even though she had carried me for nine months and brought me into this world, I had never been hers.

They say he’s monstrous, that his skin is covered in the same scales as the beasts that guard him. That he has fangs for teeth. You must be terrified of what you must do.”

Because of my destiny, I was better trained than most of the Royal Guards that protected him.

Legend claimed that she been picking flowers along the cliffs and fell to her death after being frightened by a god. Perhaps now wasn’t the most opportune time to think about her.

“You may not be Chosen, but you were born into this realm, shrouded in the veil of the Primals. A Maiden as the Fates promised. And you shall leave this realm touched by life and death,”

Make him fall in love, become his weakness, and end him.

Death wants nothing to do with life. None of you can be surprised.”

It’s what the Fates claimed upon your birth. Only the Fates can tell you what that means.”

“It’s not a threat,” I said. “It’s a promise.”