Thorns: A Prison of Thorns Novel (Blood Prophecy Book 2) by L.H. Cosway

Author:L.H. Cosway [Cosway, L.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

12.

The following day, I found Vasilios and Sven sitting in their usual spot in the dining hall. Breakfast consisted of cornmeal, the same lump of dry bread, and a tiny scrap of meat of indeterminable origin. As always, I was too hungry not to eat every bite. I sat down next to Vasilios and began spooning up the cornmeal. It tasted like bland nothing, but I shovelled it down nonetheless. My attention was fixed completely on the food in front of me, so I didn’t immediately notice the silence from my two dining companions.

“What?” I asked as I glanced up. They were both staring at me, Sven with curious interest and Vasilios with something far more intense that I didn’t wish to analyse.

“You’ve been so covered in filth these last few days that I’d forgotten you are, in fact, beautiful,” Sven said. I blinked at him. What he’d said could be taken as a compliment, but his tone told me he’d stated it as mere fact. I swallowed and self-consciously ran a hand through my clean hair. It had dried into soft waves.

I’d gotten a few hours of uninterrupted sleep, and when I woke up that morning, I decided to try a new tack. I would be civil with Vasilios. At least I would try my best.

He said nothing when I turned my head to meet his gaze. I cleared my throat. “Thank you for the shower and drying and mending my clothes,” I said politely. “The barred door is still unlocked, though. You should probably try and lock it if, you know, you still have enough mojo left. Otherwise, a guard might notice—”

Suddenly, he stood abruptly from the table. “I’ll do it now.”

I peered at him as he left the dining hall, then brought my attention to Sven. “He didn’t even finish his meal.”

Sven glanced at the half-eaten food. “Don’t worry. Vas will be back.”

“Is that what you call him? Vas?”

Sven nodded. “Where is your ghost friend? I find her furious barbs quite entertaining.”

I looked around. “Must be off attending to other ghostly business still. Why?”

He shrugged and scooped up some cornmeal. “I thought I might be able to get her to reveal how she died. Vas is convinced you murdered her in a fit of rage. Supposedly, you two were enemies?”

“How many times do I have to tell you two that I was framed?” I grunted in annoyance. They were definitely gaslighting me with this. “And just to clarify, Belinda and I weren’t enemies. We went to school together, and we disliked each other. It’s not a cause for killing someone, but then again, I know you and Vas have a very different standard when it comes to what does and doesn’t necessitate a murder.”

Okay, so I might’ve decided to be civil with Vasilios, but that didn’t mean I needed to extend the same courtesy to Sven.

The demon vampire shrugged. “If you’d lived the lives we’ve lived, you’d have a different standard, too.”

I stared at him, and he stared right back.

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