“Ah. I sort of remember that bit about your power. The part that sticks in my head is that you don’t have long-term benefits. It wears off, and your targets build immunity pretty quickly.”
Sometimes I get momentarily confused because I split the paragraphs into chunks to comment on, so things aren’t always in response to the last thing I quoted. The main thing Alec is responding to here is the comment about her power having range.
Also, that’s an interesting tidbit. I guess that’s why she didn’t even try to mess with Alec’s emotions, to what extent he has them anymore.
Cherie shrugged.
“I’m not the best when it comes to strategy, but I’m thinking… I’m going to win here. Eventually. You can’t run without me getting control over my people and sending them after you, you can’t use them to attack me, and if you stay, I can try doing this.”
So the tug of war is actual hostility on some level. At least now that Alec knows who Cherish is with.
Her arm jerked involuntarily.
“Remember me practicing my power on you when it was new?”
Oh yeah, that’s still part of his powerset.
Wait.
Is he implying what I think he’s implying?
It’s been a while, but if he’s taken control of her before, then it’s easier to do again now…
“I remember, little brother,” she frowned, looking at her arm. “Daddy had us all practice on each other.”
That’s a little less awful than it could’ve been with some different powers, I guess. Can’t imagine being a practice subject for Nicholas was any fun, though.
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