House of Lilith: The Originals of Grimm Academy by Lyra Forger

Author:Lyra Forger [Forger, Lyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20 - Dahrian

With a persistent grin on my face, I slowly make my way out of Lilith Tower and down to the camp, thinking I’ll be going straight to bed with the smell of her still clinging to my skin and that little moan echoing in my head.

But as soon as I come close, I see the light in my tent is on.

And I frown and all my muscles immediately tense up, my fox starting to emit a low growl. I know there are no members of my pack who’d choose to disrespect my privacy like that, which is how I know there must be something wrong.

I practically run there, my mind scrambling in search of possible explanations. But when I fling the flap open and barge inside, there’s the Archon sitting on the chair in front of my desk, looking up at me from her phone with her eyebrows raised.

I breathe a sigh of relief and I walk inside, my mouth cracking into a smile as she stands up to greet me. “Ricky said you wouldn’t mind me waiting in here,” her strong voice booms through the tent as she claps me on the back.

“Course not,” I say as I grab a footstool from under the bed. “Though I sincerely hope you’re only here because you miss my delightful sense of humor,” I say with a tentative laugh as I take a seat in front of her.

“Wouldn’t know if I’d miss it,” she says flatly. “Never heard you say anything funny.”

I blow a laugh through my nose and she gives me a smile, but it’s a joyless one, and it makes me immediately turn serious.

“Dahrian,” she starts as she bends a little forward, resting her elbows on her knees and clasping her hands, making both mine and my fox’s ears prick up, “what was it that I asked you before you arrived here?”

Fuck. Has something happened? “Keep the peace and stay until the end,” I recite, summoning determination into my voice.

She looks away for a second, squinting. “And would you say you’re upholding your end of the bargain?”

“I would,” I say, though not without hesitation, simply because of the tone of her voice suggesting it might not be the case after all. “There haven’t been any major incidents,” I continue in my reporting voice, “the two groups seem to only be getting closer, and not even this thing with the Box has upset that. As for the Games, we’re still ahead.”

She gives a few slow nods. “And what about you?” she asks as she looks up at me.

“I’m sorry?” I ask.

“You’re staying focused?” she rephrases, looking deeper into my eyes and squinting a little as she does.

For a second, the question leaves me dumbfounded, an image of a pair of dark eyes flicking through my mind. “Why would you even ask that?”

She waves her hand in dismissal and starts getting up, making me follow suit. “Just a couple of things that stuck with me,” she blows out as she looks at me again, this time with a little smile.

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