#oops double post

Have a WIP that’s making me cry

Bloodlines Book 5 Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead

Excerpt from Chapter 21 of Silver Shadows

Centrum permanebit. He was my center, and there was nothing I wouldn't do, nothing I wouldn't give up, to keep him safe.

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"What are you doing?" exclaimed Sheridan.

"Offering you a deal," I said. "Give me Adrian, and you can have your four agents back. Alive."

"They know the risks," Sheridan called back. "They would rather die than let darkness triumph in this world. They're prepared."

"Are you?" I demanded. "Are you prepared to watch this?"

With a quick motion of my hand, the circle of flame grew smaller and smaller, forcing the Alchemists to huddle together. The tighter circle helped me, but it was still excruciatingly difficult to maintain the fire at its current level, keeping it close enough so that the Alchemists would feel the heat but not actually be harmed. Hearing their cries of terror made my stomach twist. It brought back too many memories of what I'd endured in re-education. For four months, my life had been filled with fear and intimidation. I was so, so tired of it. I wanted it to end. I wanted us to be at peace. I didn't want to hurt these people. I didn't even want to scare them. Sheridan had pushed me to this point, and I hated her for it, hated her for making me act like this type of violent person.

And possibly making me become this violent of a person.

"You kill them, and I'll kill him," she told me.

"And then there'll be nothing to stop me from turning the fire on you," I retorted. "In every scenario, I walk free."