We followed after, the men’s gear jingling as they raced up the stairs to the pinnacle of the Ziggurat where Rushina waited in the throne room, surrounded by those whorish women she thought would protect her. Blowjob sex He clutched a hand to his ruined throat, took a step towards Lucy, and collapsed. He had wanted to please me. She didn’t need love. She stabbed. “Leave the crew to me.”
I turned my back on the Ziggurat and strolled the deck of my new ship. I faced my cousin, my heart pounding. With hatred. Whether through the mother’s pain in childbirth or the agony of life remolding you, new beginning always came out of agony. My ears pricked in shock. Konayveh thrust. Captain. I should hate her. “Did you know your mother had magic?”
Kushini snorted, blood flecking her fangs. The Ziggurat was a dark shape looming over the city, a rising pyramid built on blood and pain.
