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The weather got bad, so we couldn’t fly back to Darkspire that evening. We lodged in an hotel, and I took my time,
explaining to Kael and Nerion how important it was to really find the scarred lady now.
I still couldn’t believe she was a Siphon. Something forbidden. And I’d slept with her. Fallen for her.
Was it possible she was working with my brother?
It fucking hurt. It troubled me so deeply I couldn’t sleep through the night.
The following morning, we flew to Darkspire. It wasn’t until we arrived that I got to think of Lyric and the fact that she wasn‘ t here.
Thoughts of the Siphon had taken residence in my head yesterday. Now more than ever, I wanted to find her and understand what happened. More importantly, I needed to find her before the Executioners did.
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How many surprises could I get in twenty–four hours?
First, it was Lyric rejecting my present. Next, it was the old Selestia saying shit about me in front of everyone. Then, I got the most shocking revelation that the lady I’d desperately been looking for for the past five years was a Siphon and was likely working with my brother.
I honestly thought that was the worst and would be the last. But nothing prepared me for the sight I met in the living room:
Right in front of me as I walked into the house was Maddy, my little sister.
Well, not so little since she was twenty–one, but she’d always been so tiny, one could think she was sixteen.
Standing behind was my mother, looking uneasy.
I froze at the door, trying to see if everything was merely my imagination. Was Maddy really in front of me? How was she back?
“Brother Jaris,” she was called the name with mockery, her lips titling up in a smirk. “I have been waiting for you. For hours
now.”
Hours. So, she must have returned this morning. And I didn’t know about it.
“Mother?” I tried to keep my cool as I looked at her. “Care to explain what’s going on?”
My control was about to snap. This shouldn’t be happening. Handling Maddy’s craziness wasn’t in my books.
“I’m–I’m sorry. I had to get her back, Jaris. She’s been there for too long,” Mother said with a guilty face.
“I’m right here!” Maddy squealed. “Why don’t you just talk to me?”
I returned my gaze to her. She looked older than the last time I saw her. Well, that was five years ago if we were counting.
But I was glad she looked even more beautiful.
Her brown hair was so long they nearly touched her waist, and her silver eyes–just like mine–shun really bright now.
Maddy had always been a pretty girl. Too bad she lost her mind.
After the death of our father and our brother’s disappearance, she went all psycho. Nobody knew what was wrong with her, but mother and I did.
She’s always had it in her from birth. It was her own happened ten years ago, she finally lost her mind.
‘effect.‘ but she’s always had it under control. Except when everything
She turned on me, blamed me for everything, and was always looking forward to hurting me. Except when she couldn’t kill me–because she loved me too much as her brother–she started hurting others.
She was the reason I left the scarred lady at the hotel that day. I’d gotten a call from Kael, telling me to hurry over as Maddy was killing people.
By the time I arrived, she’d killed four people. Though, she was already chained up.
According to her, they tried to kill her and she was only defending herself.
It was chaotic then. The families of the people she killed wanted justice, but of course, I couldn’t hurt my little sister.
We truly believed she’d lost her mind and had to send her away to a mental facility to get better.
I got used to her absence and the peace that came with it, that even when the doctors insisted she was fine and desperately wanted to come home, I refused it.
But obviously, mother found a way around it.
And now, Maddy was right here, giving me that devil stare.
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Honestly, I didn’t think she was better.
“Did you miss me, killer?” She smirked, giving me that creepy look I always hated on her.
To anyone else, she might look intimidating. But she’s still Maddy. I fucking held her when she was born. Right now, she was so small I could break her with my bare hands.
“I was supposed to be home more than a year ago.” Cold rage bled into her voice as she came toward me. “You made sure they didn’t let me out. Even when I tried to run, you made sure they always caught me and had me chained. How dare you?? She was faster than I thought. Next thing I saw was her hand coming at me with a blade in it. Before I could react, she managed to get me right in the chest, just below my shoulder.
“Goodness! Maddy!” Mother was on her as soon as she could, but her daughter easily shrugged her off.
Okay. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe Maddy had gotten a lot stronger than she was five years ago.
She pushed the blade deeper and I got hold of her wrist, bringing a stop to her movement. With a shove, I pushed her back, so hard she landed on her butts.
Yeah, she might be strong, but she was still too little to me.
“Get a grip on yourself, Maddy. Don’t make me hurt you,” I warned.
Kael, who had been watching from the door quickly went out. I had no doubt he was going to get Nerion. He was the only one who could ever handle her madness.
“Hurt me?” She chuckled without humour as she got to her feet. Mother was in front of her, putting herself between us. But I didn’t think there was much she could do if Maddy wanted to hurt me.
“You’ve been hurting me for the past ten years, asshole! Since you killed my father and brother.”
“Maddy! Watch what you say!” Mother scolded.
I winced from the sting in my shoulder.
Fuck, the little brat must have poisoned the blade.
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