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"And what’s up with that? Why do you need Boons? Are they your htens her cheeks "Er?"
"There are no Underlord women I don’t know if it’s a remnant of Demeter’s curse or just the will of the Fates, but no female child has ever been born in the Underrealirl snatching"
"Nobody is snatched The Boons ive their consent to co themselves into? Consent isn’t really consent if she doesn’t knohat she’s saying yes to"
I a while I can’t deny that there is truth to Daphne’s words I never knehy reed to follow Ren into the Underrealet her to come--but I doubt she knew that it would lead to her eventual death A pang of guilt hitsyesto a much shorter life span But that is if she is only a Boon, I try to tell myself If she is the Cypher, could that irl? Perhaps finding the Key to the Underrealrant her immortality, too, when it is restored to the Underlords
But how exactly will the Court use her to find the Key? What will be the cost?
"The Boons live very coine that appeals to irls"
"So up my free will for comfort"
"That doesn’t surprisethis Key for you people, either You think I want you restarting this war and traain in the process?"
"It’s not just for opening the gates The Key is also needed to stop the locks on Pandora’s Pithos froine ould happen to your world if ot out They would ht between the Lords"
"Oh," she says, quietly "Could that really happen?"
"I don’t know for sure There are ru, really"
I start to say so, but she stopsto be your Cypher, so stop trying to use scare tactics onti to find a radio station, but we’re too re clear There’s only one car in front of us and one car behind
"Alloff my radio
"I have half a dozen MP3 players… But I left them all inthat sounds vaguely familiar to me, but I can’t say that it’s one of the ones I downloaded fro into the melody, until a sudden pain pricks behindin the corners I wipe theh for Daphne not to notice
"What is it?"
"That song I think I’ve heard it before I think my mom used to whisper it to me when no one was around It made me feel … safe Protected Maybe even happy"