Chapter 18
Don’t ever tell yourself you aren’t capable of murder. Under the right circumstances, anyone can become a killer. Under the wrong circumstances, the killer becomes the one capable of torture, anguish, cruelty, and all manner of unspeakable things. I am one such killer and the wrong circumstances have happened to my beloved. Death will be a mercy to those who have earned my wrath; it will be a mercy they will not receive.
~Triktapic, king of the elves
Trik bit back a growl as he saw his mate, his love, lying on a bed with Andaer, a warrior he had fought beside many times. The dark elf was leaning over her body, pulling down her dress.
He leaned casually back against the wall and pulled out the dagger from his sheath on his thigh. He flipped it in the air nonchalantly as he s
