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"Oh darling," Delia gushed, taking my face in her hands, "it's not your fault, it's not your fault at all!" She pulledme on the forehead
"Eden, listen to me," my father commanded and I looked up at him immediately, "Lucan is a tyrant; he is an evil man and you cannot blame yourself You si you could have done If it weren't Avalon, then it would have been you And A to kill hi started It's not your fault, Eden We would never blalanced at her husband who nodded his head solemnly and then turned to stare at the closed blinds "We have been selfish and foolish I should have known fro how determined Lucan was, even after all of these years It's not your fault, darling; it's his That is e're here; we can stop hiether The time has finally coivenesselse I always knew the truth about Lucan and his oppression, but it was too easy to blame myself With the confirmation from my parents that Lucan and his bloodline were as bad as I experienced them to be, I could move forward in a different way than before
There was still souilt of that night, but it lessened I was not the only one that loved the victims wholeheartedly, and I was not the only one that could bla and his son for the events that unfolded
"Eden, I need to tell you that ill have to leave again," Delia was suddenly grave, her onyx eyes conveying the worst kind of heartbreak "It doesn't seeain But in order to keep you as safe as possible, we have to keep "
"Safe? I'ht noay; they know exactly where I a theether, that I wouldn't have to carry this Resistance alone I needed guidance, someone that was a better leader, soht I had found that in theo," Justice ju ured out we are here We've stayed too long already But we had to see you; we couldn't leave until did Still, they are co with Titans looking for us"
"Kiran will protect you, Eden I believe that he will, but his father will hunt us until the day he has us in his possession and so we have to keep le tear slipped froic how desperate she was to stay with me "You have a place here, you're the leader of the Rebellion, for goodness sakes We will meet you soon; ill attack the Romanian citadel with you"
Delia looked back at Justice and he sreen eyes sparkled with intensity and the idea of battle and the roory for conflict, ready for blood, "We are only leaving until your teams are ready to move We will ether We've contacted with ht I'd say, at last count, we had about two hundred that have proo with us"
"Wow!" I marveled at those kinds of numbers In the same amount of time, I was able to recruit Gabriel In all that time, I was able to recruit one Well, and if you counted Silas, thatof the people already enlisted bythis?" I could hardly contain o
"Well," Jericho spoke up froree, how about we add ourselves to the guest list for the royal wedding?"
Chapter Thirty-Two
"What I am worried about is Lucan's showmanship," Delia continued, as if she needed to convince ood thing "I a moments where he can display his power and authority If he has been waiting for the righthis son's wedding, as either a gift or a pro" I se of Lucan I knew they spent ti and that is how Lucan fell in love with her, but I always just assu was revealed though, when she spoke about Lucan, it wasn't with conte kind that broke a heart in two
"It will be tricky getting all of our side into the citadel without alar the Titan Guard far in advance We are thankful for our nule that htened security situation without setting off some bells and whistles," Justice explained and his accent was so si
"Well, do we need all two-hundred?" I asked, and everyone's eyes turned to oal here? Personally, I would prefer to focus only on extracting Avalon, and then regroup and decide how to take down the monarchy later Avalon isup straighter and talking to me differently, like I was an equal and not a child
"All right, so, ht and then use thereater battle in the future A battle where et is Lucan or at least aiested, suddenly nervous with everyone staring so intently at et out kind of scenario," Jericho ju his head enthusiastically
"Unless you think we need all of those people to get Avalon?" I asked, second-guessing ht," Justice pressed his fingertips together and rested his chin on top of thehtened, but they will also be distracted with the entire royal family present It could be the perfect opportunity for a small opts kind of scenario We could even slip in before the wedding starts, grab Avalon, and escape Sirin that only father's could offer their children and I beah? Ito ih There was no way I was ever going to get sucked into another Morocco situation by being unprepared and naive
"If worse comes to worst, then I can step in," Delia announced confidently "I haven't seen Lucan in a hundred and sixty three years, it's time I met the man face to face," her eyes saddened and Justice reached out his hand instinctively to comfort his wife I was almost unbearably curious about their history with Lucan, but I keptthem for a different day, a day when Avalon would be here to listen to the answers too
"Besides, the whole kingdom both adores Delia and absolutely despises her at the saazed at his wife as if he wanted to take whatever burden this meant on himself and carry it for her "At the very least, she will be a distraction"