Wrath's Call (The Sanctuarium Saga Book 1) by Kate M. Hopley

Author:Kate M. Hopley [Hopley, Kate M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

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Marik

Despite her words to me, My Little Thief didn’t eat anything for the remainder of her dinner. She moved her food back and forth across the plate as whispers and suspicious glances flew in her direction. She didn’t seem to take notice, instead constantly looking up toward the large iron clock perched at the end of the hall.

The greed rolling off the Boralis ambassador had been palpable, carrying a sickly-sweet veneer over a stench of rot. That man felt wrong, his underlying ugliness and selfishness tainting the feast his emotions should have been. Even Felix, who was sustained primarily by the essence of greed, agreed.

I’d had to fight my demon to give her space. He longed to go to her, to pull her from this academy and away from the wretched waste of essences who worked so diligently to control her. It had nearly broken me to contain the demon when she’d been backhanded, the faint pink mark still evident along the soft curvature of her cheek. The only thing that had contained him was that she was no demure little flower in need of rescuing. She had met my demon’s eyes as they’d bantered, a light glowing beneath those silly contacts she insisted on wearing.

Those would be the first things to go. Followed swiftly by her clothes.

Much to my demon’s annoyance, she didn’t look for me after dinner, disappearing from the halls like the thief she was. I followed her down to the infirmary, standing vigil at the bedside of her auburn-haired friend, who’s skin still held a deathly pallor. Despite this, her chest rose and fell in a sure rhythm, a shore fire sign of her survival.

Perhaps we should look to take her with us. Felix thought to me, his blasé tone not fooling me for a moment. He was interested in the girl, and from the way his emerald gaze began to glow with hints of fire it was not simply for educational purposes. Her gifts could certainly be useful.

And do what with her exactly? I asked, folding my arms.

We still haven’t replaced Geniene.

Ah - Geniene, our former Sarnas eyes and ears in western Europe. Her loss the previous year while investigating an experimental demon organ harvesting ring had been most trying, especially for my half-brother Warrick, who favored the girl’s skills with electric manipulation.

Perhaps. I allowed. If it makes sense to take her, we will, but right now the sole focus is on Aeryn. You’ll do well to remember that.

Felix bowed slightly at the waist in affirmation of my command.

My Thief did stay long, extricating herself before her friend’s first signs of rosing. She had slipped back into the halls seamlessly, yet again demonstrating her skills to move around undetected, and down into the catacombs where we watched her enter a hidden corridor that smelled of rot and earth.

Follow her. I commanded to Felix, who eyed the passage warily.

There is no way I’m going to fit in there. And look at it - it's filthy!

Wimp. I said, disappearing into shadows to where I had found her outside the previous night.

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