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“I don’t think she…” I trailed off, my throat working. “She’s not cooperating with them, Ty.”

He glanced at me, his sapphire gaze thundering with dark oceanic waves. “I know.”

I blinked, surprised. “You… you know?” He’d already said that he’d realized she was innocent. But this—falling from the Virtuous Fae Realm after admitting that she was with Vivaxia—was rather damning.

“I’ll know for sure when she wakes,” he clarified. “But she’s a pawn. Another pet. And I’m very familiar with how Vivaxia tames her toys.”

“You think she’s a puppet,” Az translated. “Like I was.”

Ty considered him for a moment. “We’ll find out when she wakes,” he reiterated. “Until then, I have some reading to do.” With a snap of his fingers, his book appeared, and he grabbed it from thin air. “You three watch her. Notify me when she’s up. I’ll be in my den.”

He disappeared before any of us could say a word, his presence a passing kiss to my soul.Why are you running?I asked him, confused by his abrupt departure.

Because she’s not mine to heal,he answered briskly.And I’m too tempted right now to change that fact.

My eyebrows rose.You choose now to be attracted to her? When she’s unconscious in our bed?

We both know I’ve been attracted to her since the moment you chose her,he returned, not saying anything more.

Part of me wanted to press him, to push his boundaries into admitting more.

However, for once, I was too exhausted to try. Too consumed by the female on the bed. Too startled by her fall to care about planting thoughts or weaving webs.

All I wanted was for her to open her eyes.

And tell me how the hell she’d ended up in the Virtuous Fae Realm.

CHAPTER 19

AZ

Vivaxia had Cami.

That thought, fueled by Melek’s statement, set my soul aflame as the words ran on repeat in my head.

My Phoenix wanted to hunt. To destroy. Toravage.

But my mind, heart, and soul couldn’t leave Cami. Not like this. Not now.

So, instead, I stalked the fiery corridors of Typhos’s palace. Our home. Our past. Our present. Our future.

Because Cami would wake up. Hopefully, soon.

She’s safe. She’s here.

But Vivaxia had her…

There were so many unspeakable things that Virtuous Fae could have done to Cami. I could taste her magic lingering in the air, the perfume eliciting a hoard of bad dreams. Horrid memories.Fears.

Growling, I increased my pace.

The Hellhounds smartly kept their distance, no doubt feeling my churning wrath.

I hadn’t realized where I was heading until I made a certain turn, my spirit clearly guiding my steps. Typhos and I had some things to discuss. I’d locked him out for over a week, onlychoosing to let him back in during the ball so I could monitor his intentions with Camillia.

The Hell Fae King and I were at odds.

I didn’t like it.