Eclipse of the Crown (Villains & Virtues, #3)

by A.K. Caggiano

“So, do you know what I did?” he asked in a tinny voice from behind his metal mask. “You gave them the plague?” Damien guessed, corner of his mouth ticking up. “I gave them the plague!” As Norasthmus laughed, the hollow sounds echoing as he threw his head back, Damien turned to her and whispered, “It’s always the plague,”

It blinked yellow eyes at him, and Damien was unsure if it was infernal or not—it was always exceptionally difficult to tell with cats—so he just shrugged and carried it upward to the throne.