![]() You are free.” The goddess cast her gaze to her sandaled feet, saying no more on the subject. “Lucifer would never have agreed to release me from his…care.” He even crossed his arms over his chest, an action that reminded him of his human days, when he’d been more than guard, more than monster. “I DO NOT UNDERSTAND,” Geryon said, refusing to leave his post. He nodded, as if he’d merely been waiting for the question all along. “I believe I offered to bargain with you, and you were amenable. She squared her shoulders, realizing she would have to play Lucifer’s game, after all. You know the answer, and you would do well to forget it. Her very nature was one of subjugation, after all. You watch, you advise and you protect, but you do not command.”īecause you are too weak, he did not say. A single breath in and out, and he visibly calmed. ![]() “You are not my sovereign,” he growled in another display of anger. With that thought, she answered her own question. Unlike her, he would not die if the wall crumbled. Was this a game he played? He needed the wall repaired as much as she did. She barely stopped herself from running her tongue over her teeth. ![]()
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