Khione stared at the creature before her with a look of horror in her eyes. She turned to her grandfather, waiting for an explanation but he did not say anything so she returned her gaze back to the rogue.
"Who did you kill?" she asked through her teeth, her voice much harsher than earlier.
Irene let out a shiver inducing laugh before she skipped down the last few steps on the stairs. She walked up to Khione and only stopped when she was just a breath's width away from her and then leaned forward so that she could whisper in Khione's ears.
"She took my mate," she airily said into Khione's ears, "so I took hers."
Khione did not need an explanation to understand what Irene had meant. Although she did not give any names, her explanation was straight forward. Arawn was her mate and He
