Page 100 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

"I don't know, and even if I did, I would never tell you where he is." There was a new anger in his eyes. "What could you possibly need with one of the old gods?"

"That is not for you to know." I glared. “Did Della go anywhere else looking for answers?”

“I don’t know, and if I did, I wouldn’t tell you, prick. So your issues are with the old gods then? Since you are looking for Abram."

I closed my eyes and sighed heavily. He was too godsdamn observant. There was no way in hell that I was answering him. Brim and I rocked silently for a long time before he caved and started yapping.

“Red lily,” he whispered.

I looked over at him, and he was already staring at me.?“Hell’s flower.” He watched for a reaction. I don’t know what he thought I knew about it.?

“I already knew that.”?

“I bet you did,” he scoffed.?

“Is there something you want to say?” I asked.?

“No, you wouldn’t tell me anything anyways.” He huffed.?

I stood up. It was time to get out of here because Brim was getting too grumpy for me. I went to leave, and he sighed, making me pause.?

“How did you know it was hell’s flower?”?

I stilled.?

“Because I looked into it after I started getting them in my last life.”?

“Hmm.” Brim had to be taunting me at this point. “Strange.” He tried again.?

I turned toward him.?

“What?”?

“Oh, nothing. I just had averydifficult time finding out that information.”?

Shit.?

I didn’t know what to say.?

“If you hurt Della, I will fucking gut you myself.” He turned to me, and his eyes flashed red. Well, that didn’t seem normal.

“I never said Iwantedto hurt her.”?

“But you never said you were doing all of this to save her either.”?

Brim and I stared at each other before I used my magic and headed back to the biggest shithole I could have received for my family home. When I got there, I could hear my drunk father yelling at my spineless mother. I looked around the small room and pulled out the dozens of pictures that I drew of Della. I traced the lines of her face slowly, remembering every fucking detail of our first life together.?

She loves you.?

I was counting on it.?

I sat down on my tiny-ass bed and knew I should get rest. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. I smiled. Della was finally going to murder my parents.?

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“Someone said that you and that whore killed a woman in town.”

My father’s words slurred as he snuck up behind me. Fear and hatred swarmed inside of me at the sound of his voice. I thought of not answering but knew better than that.

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