“That man!”
“The man who cared for me? Their heads were twisted so hard around by the howling gusts, their skin ripped. Hindi sex I didn’t care. I was glad Lucy was with me. She grimaced. “What a… I was protected. “I die free of you, Malakisha!”
Anger surged through me. She tensed on the balls of her feet. I stumbled to her. My ears pricked. The hatred? I devoured her flesh, chewed it as she fell gurgling onto the throne, slumped over it, blood sheeting down her naked breasts. They knew better than to be around the royals when they “flexed claws.” Family politics were so savage in the Ziggurat. I rubbed my belly.
