Chapter 36
Chapter
Thirty-Six
Icame back to my body in a rush of magic, my hand still clenched around Caelan’s throat, the other still holding the spear. A moment of vicious disorientation made me sway, but it wore off quickly.
“Evie?” Rowan’s eyes glowed with concern.
I turned my attention to Caelan. “FOR THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, YOU ARE CONFINED TO YOUR KEEP LANDS.” Rowan flinched at the power in my voice.
“IF YOU ATTEMPT TO LEAVE, YOU WILL DIE. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO SEND OTHERS OFF THE LANDS TO FURTHER YOUR AGENDA, ALL OF YOU WILL DIE. YOU WILL STAY THERE UNTIL YOU MAKE AMENDS TO ME AND TO ROWAN OR UNTIL YOUR MATE FINDS YOU. YOU WILL SUSPEND YOUR LORD TITLE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THIS CURSE IS brOKEN.”
My eyes had cast a pink and silver glow over his face.
Caelan’s face went bone white. “You cannot be serious.”
A ball of magic formed in my hand. “I’m completely serious,” I said quietly.
“You finally went too far. I am no longer the woman you knew before. You will stay confined to your lands, Caelan. As we speak, your territory is surrounded by poisonous thorns. You or any shifter who crosses the boundary with any ill will in their heart will die. If you care about your people, you will heed my words.” I released his throat and rose.
“You will bear my mark on your chest. Behind it is the poison that will stay inside your body until the curse breaks.” I bent over him. “Try me at your peril, Lord.”
I yanked the spear from his body and slapped my hand on his chest, healing the wound while still keeping a small capsule of my poison in the area. My power came so easily now it was a simple action.
A dark starburst with a small, stylized flower in the middle was the only sign of the injury. I smiled with too many teeth. “I’ll send you a reminder with the details.”
Caelan’s nostrils flared. “Evie, you cannot do this. I will amass the power of the Lords against you—”
Ethan stepped up. “The power of the Lords only stands with those who are in the right. I saw you try to kill Rowan, Caelan. Evie’s methods might be unorthodox, but she’s within her rights to punish you.”
I winked at Caelan. “How does it feel to finally lose, asshole?” I flicked my fingers at him. “Now get the fuck off our land.”
He disappeared with a pop of sound.
Caelan was back home on poison-soaked lands.
Exhaustion caught up with me. I swayed on my feet. My eyes rolled up in the back of my head and darkness overtook me.