I reached in and touched the bond between us, but it felt jagged on the other side. Like he’d ripped the plug out of the wall. Not only did he blame me for all of this, but he’d also abandoned me now too.
The time we spent together, whatever I thought had been building between us, obviously had meant more to me than it had to him. I’d learn this lesson hard, and I would come back stronger for it.
I das
hed away a few tears as they crawled down my cheek. Fuck him, and his magic, and his money. I didn’t need any of them. If he thought he could use and discard me at his convenience, he would be learning a lesson the hard way too.
Zoey Salix made her own way in the world. And no one would stand in the way of her goals.
I would go after the Black Mage myself. Now that I knew what he wanted from me, it would be easy enough to bait him. And after I killed him, I would spike his head to Fin’s driveway in one final fuck you.
Besides, I had an Ace in the hole even Fin didn’t know about. When the Black Mage had held me prisoner, I’d stolen his pocket watch. And the magic wafting off it told me it wasn’t an ordinary time piece.
It would be my key to bringing the Black Mage down.
THE END