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Lina’s face lights up at the question.

“Because I’m that powerful. And that clever. I always did tell you this. No one has ever defeated me and nobody ever will!”

“What about the time my fist was in your ass?”

Both Edgar and Lina wear startled looks at this question.

I wear a smirk because I’m remembering.

“Did that hurt? I’ve been meaning to ask you. . .”

Lina’s white face darkens with fury.

“I think I’ll repay the favor,my dove. See how much you like it. Except, my fist will be covered in spikes,” she hisses menacingly.

“Ooo, ouch!” I exclaim in fake concern. “But maybe I’m into that shit. Maybe bloody assholes do it for me, ya know what I mean?”

To my left, Edgar is gaping at me in horror.

“Maybe Edgar’s into that stuff!” I suddenly exclaim.

He takes a hasty step backward, away from me and Queen Coo Coo, although I might earn that title in his book right now.

“I’m definitely not into it,” he emphatically claims.

“Probably shouldn’t give her ideas,” I warn.

“I’m not the one who gave her the fucking idea,” he snarls right back.

Lina looks amused at our tiff and I watch her stealthily from the corner of my eye.

Ever so slightly, I see her light fade.

Correction, Ifeelher light fade.

When Khal gave me his essence, he also imparted Arawn’s and Caed’s powers as well. Arawn, as the God of Death, can sense when a person loses some of their life force. This is what I’m sensing in Lina, now. It’s also what I’ve been waiting for.

With each passing second, the Bitchhole grows weaker.

Her smile remains smug because she still thinks she has the upper hand.

When I feel the last of her energies dwindle, I yell at Edgar to charge.

Lina surges from her throne and attempts to throw a weak spell at the galloping centaur, but nothing happens.

Why?

Because the void, of course.

I laugh at my mental pun.

Mio has been vindicated.

CHAPTER 25

ZAHRA

Edgar is running so fast that he can’t stop and basically tramples Lina into submission. Her body lay sprawled against the gleaming, jeweled floor, and her bent limbs and dazed face are almost comical to take in. Edgar turns around and pulls the limp goddess into his arms and pins her to him effortlessly.