C31 THIRTY ONE

Unknown Fate

ROSE

My soul hath her content so absolute

That no other comfort, like to this

Succeeds in unknown fate

— William Shakespeare, Othello

I WATCHED IN horror as Talon defeated my husband and... Ryder! Ryder wasn't dead. Derek didn't kill him. The relief of knowing this was short-lived.

Talon yanked on the hair of the Twilight Queen. "Where's the Orb, bitch?"

She spit in his face