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“When do we get to finally have our revenge?”

                   He turns just enough for me to see his profile and the scar that crosses his
                face as he narrows his eyes at Imogen. “I told you already, the youngest

                Sorrengail is mine, and I’ll handle her when the time is right.”

                   He’ll…handle me? My muscles thaw with the heat of indignation. I’m
                not some inconvenience to be handled. My short-lived admiration of Xaden

                is over.

                   “Didn’t  you  already  learn  that  lesson,  Imogen?”  the  look-alike  Xaden
                chides  from  halfway  down  the  circle.  “What  I  hear,  Aetos  has  you

                scrubbing dinner dishes for the next month for using your powers on the

                mat.”
                   Imogen’s head snaps in his direction. “Her mother is responsible for the

                execution of my mom and sister. I should have done more than just snap her
                shoulder.”

                   “Her  mom  is  responsible  for  the  capture  of  nearly  all  our  parents,”

                Garrick counters, folding his arms over his wide chest. “Not her daughter.
                Punishing children for the sins of their parents is the Navarrian way, not the

                Tyrrish.”
                   “So we get conscripted because of what our parents did years ago and

                shoved into this death sentence of a college—” Imogen starts.

                   “In case you didn’t notice, she’s in the same death sentence of a college,”
                Garrick retorts. “Seems like she’s already suffering the same fate.”

                   Am I seriously watching them debate over whether I should be punished

                for being Lilith Sorrengail’s daughter?
                   “Don’t forget her brother was Brennan Sorrengail,” Xaden adds. “She has

                just as much reason to hate us as we do her.” He pointedly looks at Imogen

                and the first-year who raised the question. “And I’m not going to tell you
                again. She’s mine to handle. Anyone feel like arguing?”

                   Silence reigns.
                   “Good. Then get back to bed and go in threes.” He motions with his head,
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