River Rose | ✓

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Handprints
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Accalia (Latin word) she-wolf

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River

Someone above must really, really hold a grudge for something I did in a past life because I can't possibly be this unlucky without someone having a hand in it.

Hey? Dudes up there? Greek gods? Jesus? Someone? Can you please stop throwing shit at me now, I would be very thankful

Goodness I must've hit my head pretty hard

"If it isn't the traitor, look at that" I say at my former best friend, Aelia has just been promoted to the position an she can't even walk

"Long time no see bitch" she says back tilting her head to the side, or at least that's what it looks like from down here

"How did you know we were here?" I ask, my voice barely coming out

"I come here almost every week, a little friend working the kitchens warned me there was a reservation for Nikolai Beaufort and I handled the rest" she says shrugging

I slowly scramble to my feet, their guns following my every move

"Heard you've been screwing satan, careful...I wouldn't want you birthing any demons to this world any time soon. He'll probably take them and toss you into the ocean as soon as they pop out" I say making time for my family to come for me

"Watch it" she snaps "I've dealt with you for too long I'm not taking it anymore"

"Oh well I hear you're good at bending over and taking it, guess it's just for the old man then" I say and I swear one of the dudes chuckled before covering it with a cough

"You are insufferable. You know how hard it's been to handle you all these years? Having to play nice and babysit your spawn, hearing you complain over and over about your life when you had everything I wanted!" She screams

"What did you want exactly huh? Malia? The weekly lashes? The demonic sister? Or was it the rapist brothers then?"

"Shut the fuck up!" She slams her fist on my cheek, I'm happy to know it was weak. I can take her

"You don't get it! You had Valenciano there, he gave you his attention, his advice and money and love. He gave you the tools to become good enough of a fighter to beat half the town" she says, her voice trembles

"Why are you doing this? Why go so far? It can't be because you love him so what are you really fighting for Malia?" I ask

Right then I spot a dark shadow on the roof, either Noah or Malik

"You wouldn't get it" she says

"Try me then. You are killing me anyways aren't you?" I say and she nods but my eyes travel over the guards.

My heart does a happy little dance when I spot the pins on the uniforms of three out of the six, small golden wolves right above their hearts

They are so small you wouldn't pay them any notice unless you were looking

They're with us. Frederick and the Cimmerian guys have been working on infiltrating Valenciano's security