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“Yeah, uh, that,” Nox replies, setting the giant ice cream sundae down in front of me. “Two scoops of coffee ice cream on top of a banana and drizzled with fudge. Just the way you like it.”
My lips twitch. “Sometimes I feel like we’re dating.”
He grins. “Well, I have seen you naked. Several times.”
“Because you’re a voyeur,” I taunt him, picking up the dessert.
He collapses into the couch beside me and shrugs. “There’s no harm in a little watching.”
“It is when you’re a ghost who can go through walls and spy on people unknowingly.” I glance at him sideways. “Just because you’re a voyeur doesn’t mean I’m an exhibitionist.”
In truth, I have no idea what I am. Klas is my only experience, and, well, he was more of a sadist than anything else.
My mouth curls down at the thought, the ice cream in my hands no longer resembling the temptation of seconds ago.
All because of Klas.
And his dark proclivities.
Memories I long to forget. To override. To ignore.
I swallow, the dish trembling slightly in my hand.
“Fallon?” Nox asks at the same time Issy whispers my name.
I clear my throat. “Sorry. Lost in thought,” I tell him.Nox just brought me a sundae, I inform Issy.
Coffee ice cream and bananas?she guesses, knowing my favorite flavor combination.
With hot fudge.
I’m telling you, he wants you,Issy replies.They both do.
I don’t need to ask whom she means bythey. She’s talking about Bane and Nox.
They’re my prison guards, Issy. Not my boyfriends.
Uh-huh,she drawls.Hot phantom bodyguards who want to bang you. Maybe you should let them before the execution. You deserve a little fun.
I’m still mated to Klas.
Because of dark magic,she points out.
Sex is not what I need right now,I mutter as I force myself to eat a bite of ice cream. If anything, it’ll give me an excuse to be quiet for a moment while I talk to Issy.Tell me about the resurrection spell.
Right. It’ll allow you to fake your own death.
I resist the urge to raise my brows.How?
Well, that’s going to be the hard part, isn’t it?she muses, then clears her throat.For starters, we’re going to need to review some ancient phrases…
CHAPTERSIX
KASPIAN
“She wants to attend the execution.”The words taste bitter in my mouth, so I chase them with another sip of my maple-sweetened bourbon.
I’m not surprised by Fallon’s decision. But that doesn’t mean I like it.
