Chapter 39: Schemes
My screams go unheard.
Cadence sits upon a gleaming throne at the side of the woman who oversaw the murder of our parents and bestows a sharp-edged smile upon the visiting Mara. Silver frosts her skin and shines from her eyes.
She has the ability to make them bow—not in mocking deference, but in desperation for their very existence—and yet she does nothing.
The only revenge I can take is to torment her, and so I vow to devote every possible moment to doing so. I screech and babble and sing and howl until I’m sure she has a raging headache. But when the Mara go and Maryam leans in close to whisper in Cadence’s ear, I’m too curious not to fall silent and listen in.
Cadence, it turns out, really is just as devoted to the mission as ever.
Only her mission
