Twice Dead
“I most certainly wasn’t anxious to reach the council’s chambers. Of course, I could only walk so slowly, especially with Nathanial steering me ever onward as Anaya sauntered down the dark hallway in front of us. She and Clive had been waiting for us when we arrived at the club, gleefully anticipating delivering us to Tatius.Anaya stopped at a pair of double doors. I expected her to knock. She didn’t. Instead she threw the doors open, the knobs slamming into the inside walls with a resounding boom.Every undead eye turned toward the doorway. I cringed, inching behind Nathanial.“The favored child and his companion have arrived,” Anaya announced into the stunned silence enveloping the room.Then she turned and sauntered back into the hall.Her name was so going on my shit list.Tatius shook his head from the center of the room where he sat atop the council table. His gaze raked across me, bearing down as he hesitated. Then his eyes moved on and the weight lifted from my skin, but not the fee...ling that I’d been worn down just by the brush of his attention.“Everyone out.”MoreLess
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