A.K. Caggiano

Eclipse of the Crown

I should have known, it’s impossible to tell a necromancer anything—the whole bringing-stuff-back-from-the-dead thing really goes to their heads.

How many times could he say, But I did it for you, before she would request he do nothing for her at all?

Skin soft and warm beneath his fingers, he gave it a squeeze, meaning to reassure her he hadn’t actually devolved into the brutish villain he was playing at. If only someone would assure him it was all an act.

“No, that is not what I am saying. The rest of these villains are just uncouth, and I prefer nuance to my cruelty.”

Maybe it was dark, this thing inside her, but that didn’t mean it was bad.

“She’s not stupid,” Damien mumbled, the only thing he felt capable of arguing against. 

“Perhaps not, but she is good, and that’s practically the same thing.”

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