Royals of Villain Academy 7: Grim Witchery
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“Oh, I’m hardly going to forget that,” I said. “I have a month longer. Why shouldn’t I play during the time I have left?”
“Why play here, bloodling? You are no ‘investigator’.”
“Oh, I don’t know. I think I’ve investigated plenty in my time.”
“If that is what pleases you. Perhaps I will find something of interest in it too.”
The shrouded one’s tone stayed perfectly even, like mine had. We were playing a game right now—the game where I pretended I didn’t plan to do everything in my power to escape the deal I’d made, and it pretended not to suspect me of that scheming. But those last words had been a warning.
I shrugged and picked up my brush. “You can spend your time however you want.”
The mist stirred. I could almost have said I caught a glint of a smirk.
“Think more about how you wish to spend yours, bloodling. You received your ten years. In thirty days, your life is mine.”
I smiled back at it through the mirror despite the tremor that ran through my chest. We’ll see about that.
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About the Author
Eva Chase lives in Canada with her family. She loves stories both swoony and supernatural, and strong women and the men who appreciate them. Along with the Royals of Villain Academy series, she is the author of the Moriarty’s Men series, the Looking-Glass Curse trilogy, the Their Dark Valkyrie series, the Witch’s Consorts series, the Dragon Shifter’s Mates series, the Demons of Fame Romance series, the Legends Reborn trilogy, and the Alpha Project Psychic Romance series.
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