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There were dozens of conversations going on at once and they were all overlapping each other, so it was hard to focus on one

As the night drew on, I hoped that people would turn in to bed and there would be fewer conversations, thusit easier for me to concentrate

I jumped down onto the rocks beneath the base of the castle and curled up in a nook beneath an overhanging rock,the conversations froht into sleep

What felt like a few hours passed and finally, I was left with only four conversations to decipher

One sounded like it was cou to consu down froround floor faded away, I soon realized that the conversation on the floor most distant from me, perhaps even the top floor of the castle, was the

"How could we have run out?" It was the angry voice of Rhys

"I told Lilith we’d be ready to leave for The Shade!" A chill crept down my spine at mention of the island

"I’m sorry," a quieter feed ht, and I underestimated our supply of mer-fin" "What about the other two islands? Stellan’s, and our own back through the gate? There are kitchens full of ingredients there, Goddamn it" "I already checked in both places

We’ve run out

I’ll need to make another trip to The Cove to retrieve so will that take?" he seethed

"You know that’s a question I can’t accurately answer

But while I’ as much were-blood as you can down

I’ll instruct Arielle to bring you a goblet five tith until I can brew up ate now

And, Rhys, I prorily as the conversation came to an end

My mind was still fixed on The Shade

What did they plan to do exactly? Were they finally going to attempt a full-blown invasion? At least, for now, it seeht for the island

But how ht that the night Caleb finally sank his fangs into er in his eyes was both terrifying and exhilarating

He drank deep

So deep an to feel faint

But even asonto hi him to take more of me--all of me, if that hat he wanted