Lyra's POV
As soon as we got to the rooftop, I folded my hands. "Since you know about my affair with Jacob, why haven't you told Orion?"
Ben didn't reply immediately. He kept rubbing his temples. "I was expecting you to ask how I knew."
"Answer my question," I said, hissing.
"Why didn't you tell Orion I was planning to kill him?" He ignored my question and asked instead.
I didn't respond, I just kept my gaze on him.
"Exactly, just as I thought." He walked close to me, but I took steps backward.
"I'm a politician, Ravenna." He said, "And as a politician, information is power."
"You disgust me, and the more you talk, the more irritated I get." I confessed, "So plotting to kill your own brother is politics to you?"
"Who's your mother, for goodness' sake?" I asked.
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