It’s how I catch the movement in the shadows near the back, without even having to break Maddox’s eerie stare. There’s another to our left, and while I don’t see the shadow shifting behind me, I can sense it, like a prickle on the back of my neck. Beside me, Verity’s throat clicks with a swallow. But Maddox just raises a hand, gesturing casually with two fingers. “I don’t know anything about a contract,” he says, the figures in the dark corners bleeding away, “and I never gave such an order. My Barons are as faithful to me as the shadows.”
Oh my lord I cannot wait for their book. Their house intrigues me the most because there’s so much mystery!
