“You?” Tilly said, her brow scrunching up as she struggled to figure out what was going on.
“Yes,” Yadira said. “Me.” She held a knife in one hand, while magic crackled around the other. “Now get out of the way.”
“Wait. Your entire story was a lie?”
lieYadira c****d her head. “Actually, most of my story was true. The only part I had to twist was the beginning. I didn’t rescue Mirradel from her captor; I stole her from her husband. I mean, just look at what she can do.” Yadira gestured to the gold items around the cave. “Don’t tell me you wouldn’t want this gift for yourself.”
stole“That wasn’t your only lie,” Tilly said between gritted teeth. “You lied about Jayshu too. About being afraid he might attack you, and implying he hurt you as a child. Why would you say things like that?”
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