The Vampire Gift 1: Wards of Night by E.M. Knight

Author:E.M. Knight [Knight, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edwards Publishing
Published: 2016-04-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

ELEIRA

April and I are awakened after less than six hours of sleep by a loud knocking on the door.

“I’ll give you five minutes to get dressed,” Raul calls from the other side. “And then I’m coming in.”

She and I both scramble into our respective clothes. I put on another ridiculous dress. She gets into the peasant garb.

Raul sweeps into the room. It’s the first time I’ve seen him in days, and my breath catches at his crisp outfit. He looks stunningly handsome and very sharp.

But he doesn’t so much as glance at me. Instead, he speaks to the air. “Both of you will accompany me down to the town square,” he says. “You will not speak to anyone unless given explicit permission by me. Eleira, I know you won’t have any problems with that. April—you might. Lots of people down there know who you are. They’ve been wondering about you. Unless you want to lose your place as Eleira’s favorite, and at the same time forsake my Mother’s protection, you will keep your mouth shut. Understand?”

April nods.

“Hold on,” I say. “You’re not telling us anything. Why are we going down there, what’s happening?”

He glances at me, and I can’t help but suck a sharp little breath in. For a moment, I thought I glimpsed actual fear in his eyes.

“Nothing,” he says finally. “Nothing you should worry over. It’s just a formality. Nothing more.”

His words remind me so much of what Phillip said last night that they all but confirm there’s a secret the two brothers are keeping from me.

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