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"Eden, I don't knohat you're planning, but if your plans include rescuing your brother then you are going to have to do it sooner rather than later" Sebastian was so serious that I wanted to believe he actually cared about Avalon I wanted to believe him, but I couldn't even entertain the idea

"Thanks for the advice," I spat, veno, if you want to get to Kiran, now is the time He's practically dead already, and if you want responsibility for the death of theelse, Sebastian? How about the king? Hoould you suggest we go abouthim?" I was fed up with his attitude, how dare he come into hts on that, if you're really interested, actually," heout theat the ed atit with ers to cover up the sa here?" I de his advice seriously

"I' to help you," he hissed, as if it were obvious

"Ok, let's be real here Sebastian, you don't have to pretend any to probably kill you either way, so it's not necessary for you to lie to ames with these people, my new policy was upfront honesty and I was bound and determined to expect it froaames anymore?" he snarled, his voice raised and his sunken eyes hard

"Then, what is this? Why are you trying to help me?" I wanted to believe him, I wanted to listen to his advice He possessed intricate knowledge of the palaces and where the royal faood conscience, reainst my family and me and believe him now His loyalty reer, I can't Listen, I'ht Lucan had my best interest in mind, but now now, I'e in his voice dosley, I mean, in Omaha, they sent you to spy on me?" I asked, not as boldly as I would have liked, but those

"No, they didn't send me to spy on you They sent me there to watch you and spy on Kiran Lucan had his mind made up about you the moment he laid eyes on you, the minute you walked into that Romanian courtroos for you really were I think you knohat I discovered"

"That he was a lying, rumbled, barely able to stomach a conversation about hi ot you into thismy eyebrows at his pathetic loyalties

"No, Eden, let's not fool ourselves You're the one who took ic You and you alone I cannot even pretend that it was my cousin, just like I cannot pretend that Lucan didn't know soray areas of this life you live, I' to be honest with you and I expect you to be honest withto do," I adic, but you forced uree to that," he replied "But be honest with yourself; Kiran thought he was doing as best for you"

"Be honest withhonest withfroht?" I growled, knowing full well if Sebastian wanted ht, I couldn't

"I clearly reht But don't fool yourself; whatever the faults of his plan were, Kiran did what he did for you And now he is dying, wishing he would have done things differently, but dying all the sah I don't want to hear about Kiran; if you have soo back downstairs so I can get so in circles with Sebastian and the meed inside of land, in the London palace should you want to have a deeper discussion on ending the monarchy At so a life If you want to finish what you've started, then stop dancing around the issue and arrive at the conclusion that retting every word he said, but knowing they were necessary When I didn't say anything, he continued, "I expect you are searching for your parents?"

"No, they are on their own mission At soht now, I have other things to do" I wondered why I was discussing my plans with Sebastian, but I wasn't able to stop the words froht, I can live with that What is your plan for Ro your brother?" Sebastian asked, cals over the other as if he were the important adviser I had called for

"Sebastian, do you really expect me to discuss our plans with you?" I jeered, half appalled, half aers through his chestnut colored hair "There is a wedding date set," he continued, looking back to the"If he doesn't die beforehand, they will be wed the first of May"

"Of course, Lucan ant a living, healthy heir," I let the conversation happen, forcing myself to believe this was important information that could further e, all of it was Kiran's idea," Sebastian explained, and for some reason his words felt like punches in the sto that the words come out of my mouth and that they sound sincere

"He went to Seraphina that saht, and took her back to London with hi like a new and painful kind of torture againstthis Sebastian? What is it that you want to say?" I de and er