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As I glanced at Bastien, he also was picking rather than eating

"Hunters," Sergius began "You h, setting down his fork

He began to recount what had happened to hih the Blackhall lair in the dead of night, how he’d watched his parents and siblings ed back to their base with not a clue as to why or what they wanted with hied him up… As he recounted this part of the story, I wondered whether they had kept Bastien alive because they’d detected so unusual about him, that he was a different kind of olf, and rather than kill him had instead wanted to take hi Hmm

Bastien h in fact it was Arho’d cut his bars and freed hiested it--he spoke of the incident as though I were the only one involved, as though he had only seenthat his uncle and cousin had betrayed hi the sister of Bastien’s mother, and not directly related by blood to either Detrius or his father Orion, was quick to cry curses at the men and decry the learned she’d lost her sister, brother-in-law, and her nieces and nephews in the span of one night Rona also cried, though not as loudly

As Bastien finished his tale, he looked up at rim

Well, this has been a cheery dinner

It took a while for Brucella to stop wailing, but finally she gripped her fork, her hands practically shaking with anger "We must eradicate these humans! We must!" Her eyes were fierce, and she practically snarled the words "We must make them rue the day they ever set foot on our land!" She stood up frolower narrowed on h I was the culprit Then again, she had been cold with me ever since I’d entered the room, even before she’d found out about her family’s deaths What is this woainst huius spoke up, his voice hoarse "But Brucella, we are exhausted with grief and ill all think "

Brucella descended into another round of sobs before her husband stood up and took her by the shoulders and led her toward the exit Before heading off completely, he called over his shoulder, "Bastien, Lavonna will take you and your friend to your beds We’ll speak again in theEarly"

As the couple left the room, Bastien and I were left with Lavonna and Rona Rona’s expression was somber as she stared down at her hands folded on her lap Silence engulfed us

"Well," Lavonna said, rising to her feet "I’ll take you to your roo too? You look tired, my love"

Rona nodded and stood She towered over even irl, at five foot ten She was only just shorter than Bastien I could hardly be surprised though, given her father’s height

Bastien rose with her, as did I… only to realize one to sleep I couldn’tfor the blood to trickle down through it Bastien kindly offered his arside hi?" Lavonna asked, eyeing ed ankle