Chapter 9 – Trouble with the Mate

KELLEN

“I still don’t trust a darn thing that comes out of his mouth. He’s a lying conniving murderer.” I could say so much more but bite my tongue, only because I’m fed up with thinking about the rogue criminal.

I hoped to the goddess Lamia wouldn’t entertain any thoughts of letting him lose. If it wasn’t for Tala, I would be in the mind to throttle the fucker and then rip his head off myself.

Memories of my parents come to the forefront of my mind as I wander back to the main part of the castle lagging behind the group. The sight of my father dying on his bed as the serum took over his body plagued me. It always had.

The break in my connection to him was still fresh as the day it happened when I drove that dagger into his heart. Instead of sadness, as it had been in the past, raw anger began to trickle out. I clenched my fists trying to quell it down.

But why should I? Why should I harbor my feelings and keep them locked up when the New Moon Kingdom was still waiting for justice over