In Total Surrender
“She worked in his office, tense and hopeful. Alone. Uncertain and eager. But he hadn’t shown.
She had finally asked, casually, in the kitchens when she’d gone to get a tray for her parents, and been told that raids were commencing and that Andreas was leading them. Something about revenge for the attack on the carriage and the last day that slimy bastard Cornelius would see of the sun.
That had gained the boy uttering it a prompt elbow to the gut from one of the others—everyone nervously exchan...ging glances.
The only things she knew of Cornelius were what she had learned by listening unobserved. Few people would part with information concerning him directly. She had a feeling that was due in no small part to Andreas’s tampering.
The boys had fallen over themselves to assure her that everything would be fine. The demon bastard never lost. Not even to another underworld lord. For some reason, that last bit of news hadn’t made her feel better.
It had made her nervous and tense in an entirely different way.MoreLess
She had finally asked, casually, in the kitchens when she’d gone to get a tray for her parents, and been told that raids were commencing and that Andreas was leading them. Something about revenge for the attack on the carriage and the last day that slimy bastard Cornelius would see of the sun.
That had gained the boy uttering it a prompt elbow to the gut from one of the others—everyone nervously exchan...ging glances.
The only things she knew of Cornelius were what she had learned by listening unobserved. Few people would part with information concerning him directly. She had a feeling that was due in no small part to Andreas’s tampering.
The boys had fallen over themselves to assure her that everything would be fine. The demon bastard never lost. Not even to another underworld lord. For some reason, that last bit of news hadn’t made her feel better.
It had made her nervous and tense in an entirely different way.MoreLess
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