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That was a lot of information and unsettling that Rinus was the first person Emmett had met.

Vato walked in first, followed by Ares then Cain and I.

Shivering slightly Cain handed me the jacket he seemed to be carrying around for me.

Putting it on I sit where Vato had set the chair for me.

It was far away from the lady who was smiling at me.

"Pretty but poison, it's nice to see you again".

I stare at her for awhile trying to organise my thoughts.

"What's your name?" thats a good place to start.

"Indra" she replies. "Indra, I need you to explain so things to me can you do that?

" I ask. "I suppose" she cooes. "When I say answer I mean no riddles, just give it to me straight. " I say firmly.

"Poison is deadly, you are deadly and you don't even know it" she replies. "What does that mean?" I question. "The father fell did he not?" she asks back. "You can't answer a question with a question" I state. She says nothing but stares at me. "How do you know Rinus?" I try to keep things simple.

"Rinus the bastard, Rinus the siren, Rinus the atoner" she says.

"Answer the question" Vato snaps. "Please don't call him that" I mumble.

"Bastard? Why it is what he is, is he not?

" she squints at me. "I don't like it, he is my brother-in-law and friend" I tell her.

Indra lets out a long hearty laugh"Not liking it doesn't make it any less true".

"Rinus is friend to no one" she finally says.

"Didn't you call him your friend yesterday?" I ask. Indra frowns at me "Friends do not leave you for dead". "Explain" I press. "I will not, he is not to be trusted" she says. "When did you meet?" I ask instead. "When we were young, alone in a place no one would venture." she shakes her head.

"Where do people not venture?" I question.

"The place it began and ended, a place of pain and despair, I place.

.." she pauses as if she had said too much.

"Are you going to finish the sentence?" I say softly.

"Humans so demanding" she sings. "Son of Talon how to you deal with a human, so frail.

I could crush her with a single touch" she laughs.

"Touch her and you are dead" Cain snarls as Ares places himself in front of me covering most of my body from her view except my nose.

"If she wanted me dead she would have done it at the introduction" I say. "You were not supposed to be Queen, you were not supposed to be here"Indra says. "Yes, you have said that but then who was supposed to be Queen?" I question. "Not a human, he opened a wound that has never healed".

"The idiot, the chaos, the death" she mumbles.

"whose death?" Cain asks. "Mine" she smiles.

In an instant she shrugs off the chains that were holding her.

She tries to walk toward me but is stopped by an invisible wall or force field I think.

Indra emits a purple glow and starts chanting softly.

The wall turns to glass and she taps it making it shatter.

Ares and Vato lunge toward her but she lifts a hand and throws them behind her.

I see them banging through a purple glass wall.

Cain move to stand in front of me I feel his intense energy.

Indra looks slightly uncomfortable. "Touch her and you are dead" Cain says.

Indra smiles she was actually very pretty I noticed.

"I do not wish her harm" she puurs. Indra then chants something and throws Cain across the room.

I see him get up fast but as he tries to come to me her seems to be in slow motion.

"Indra, do not harm her please" he looks at me helpless.

"Cain, its alright" I try to calm him. Though all my protectors were indisposed I did not feel fear.

"Are you not frightened human?" Indra asks. "Not at all" I say firmly.

Indra comes close and inspects me and brushes her finger along my cheek.

She then leans in and whispers something in my ear.

Pulling away she hums a tune, it sounded pretty but sad.

I see the blade before the others do "Indra don't!" I yell.

Indra smiles and slits her throat, blood splattered onto me as I stare in shock.

All my protectors rush to me at once. It seemed whatever magic she used to keep them from me died with her. I could see all the men asking me questions but all I could hear were the words she whispered and the song tune.

Standing up, I absentmindedly walk to the next room. Rinus better have some fucking answers.