Divine Intervention: Black Rose Auction Book 2 by R.M. Virtues

Author:R.M. Virtues [Virtues, R.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strange Hungers Publishing
Published: 2025-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

14

TLALLI

The antechamber outside of the viewing room was a mess of whispers and hunched figures, and tension hung like a thick cloud over it. Tlalli tried not to turn toward the door every time someone new entered, berating herself for her unyielding desperation. It was embarrassing for real. She wasn’t trying to be out here investing herself in the whereabouts of a grown-ass man literally old enough to be her father. In fact, she shouldn’t have been investing herself in him at all. Especially when he would continue to get older and she would not. She’d vowed after her mother passed to keep her distance from mortals, and she’d renewed that vow after Anthony. There could be no exception. Not even Cahuani.

The doors in front of them opened, at last admitting patrons into the viewing room.

“Stay close,” Anthony growled.

She didn’t bother answering him. It would be easier to get through the evening if she simply let him think he had any control left where she was concerned.

There didn’t seem to be too many people participating, and the room itself was arranged to create an air of intimacy that warmed Tlalli’s skin. As they strolled along the carpeted floor, she took in the vast variety of rare items arranged upon pedestals around them.

“Where the fuck is Elias?” Anthony hissed, turning back toward the door abruptly and forcing the people behind him to quickly reroute. Tlalli stepped to the side, eying him warily in spite of herself.

He was anxious, and Tlalli hated when he was anxious. When he was anxious, he was reckless, and when he was reckless, he was dangerous. She could overpower him if need be, but she would put it off as long as possible. She could not promise she wouldn’t kill him, and whether Cahuani had accepted that possibility or not, she wasn’t sure how he would look at her if Anthony fell at her hand.

Nevertheless, Anthony’s outburst did seem like enough of a justification for her to reach out to Elias and see where he was.

“Hey, where are you? He’s asking.”

She waited as patiently as she could, feigning interest in a diamond necklace on one of the nearest pedestals. The design was nothing special, and soon, Tlalli found herself more focused on a blue dress in another case, one that pulsed with something she nearly recoiled from.

When she drew closer, she noted the negative energy and obvious magic bleeding from the expensive fabric. Definitely a curse of some kind, a good one too. Nonetheless, Tlalli broke it with a quick wave of her hand if only to cleanse the atmosphere of its effects. No mortal should be fucking with a curse that bad.

She moved on down the line past a few more items, her eyes eventually coming across a petite form on a pedestal down the way. It was a mortal with red hair, pale skin, and a very proud look upon her face. Though before Tlalli could move any closer, Anthony gripped her arm, and she had to focus on not swinging on him.

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