The Shadow City (The Demon-Born Trilogy Book 2) by L.C. Hibbett

Author:L.C. Hibbett [Hibbett, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Emily strode ahead down the wide corridor that led from the main entrance to the University building. Her footsteps echoed, bouncing from the marble floors up to the high vaulted ceiling. Megan was pressed against my left arm, and Brandon had his fingers threaded around my right wrist. I didn’t even glance in Sam’s direction.

Emily’s dark-haired assistant followed closely behind her, with his eyes fixed on her muscular buttocks. Brandon raised his eyebrows, and I made a heaving sound under my breath. Brandon grinned. His face still glowed with the rush of yesterday’s win over the Angelic students, but the memory of our victory barely tempered the feeling of dread sitting at the base of my stomach.

Emily stopped abruptly at the end of the corridor and whirled around to face us. “This is the Angelic High Courtroom. It is where the High Council convene, it is where we hold trials of great significance,” she pursed her lips, “and it is a place which is deserving of due respect. Treat it as such. To be granted an audience with the High Council is a privilege, even for upstanding members of the Angelic community, so for people like you—I hope you appreciate it.”

She swung the door open and marched through it with her assistant at her heels. It slammed shut in my face before I could follow her through. Emmanuel exhaled and muttered to himself as he pushed the door open and held it so that the rest of us could pass through. Emmanuel’s face was drawn. Lizzie said himself, Gabriel, and Niamh hadn’t returned from meeting with the High Guardian until the early hours of the morning. “Emily’s manners have not improved since his student days.”

My mouth twitched at the sound of the Master’s dry tone, but my smile became a gape as I took in the sheer scale of the room we had entered. The main portion of the hall was set out in a manner that reminded me of the cathedrals I had visited with Eve as a child. There was seating arranged in pews, stretching as far as I could see, enough to seat several thousand people. At the top of the room, there was a raised platform with a long narrow table. There were nine chairs on the opposite side of the table so that they faced down into the Hall. Looking down at their public.

But that wasn’t what caught my eye. Directly in front of the platform, there was a glass casket. It lay at an angle so that its contents could be seen even from a distance. I dug my teeth into my bottom lip, wanting to examine is more closely and to shrink away at the same time.

Emily’s voice reached my ear from her seat on the platform. “Move closer, Shadow Children, I can see that you’re curious. Move closer and see your ancestor.”

Despite myself, I followed her directions and found myself moving across the floor toward the glass case. It was a man with long dark hair and a beard. His light brown skin was smooth, but the creases of age were beginning to show around the corners of his closed eyes and above his strong eyebrows.

“What is this?” My whisper sounded like a shout in the cavernous hall. Emily leaned forward to answer, but the High Guardian silenced her with a flick of his wrist.

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