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We weren’t just a tea in two bodies It was only natural that she come with me

Zachariah led us down the hall and into a room with a queen-size four-post bed

“Eliza,” Lachlan said softly

Jocelyn gasped softly at the young feown ripped open to expose her sternum

“She’s one of the girls from the other side of the courtyard,” Jocelyn whispered “One froroup that watched me cast”

“Yes,” I answered, , macabre brand that scorched the skin under her collarbone “And the Sons of Honor killed her”

“And they wanted us to know,” Lachlan muttered

“Daniel was one of Alek’s strongest supporters a our kind,” I told Zachariah “This was a strike at the throne”

“There’s no blood,” Jocelynfemale “They’re all simplydead”

I leaned forith Lachlan, noting the absence of any puncture or ligatureIt was like she’d si fro, either

“They did it after she died,” Jocelyn said quietly, finishing hts

“It was less than five e of his nose “Less than five minutes between the distress call and our first arrival on the scene How the hell did this happen so fast? Happen at all?”

“They’re going to hunt down the aristocracy one family at a time,” Zachariah said as we left the bedroom “It’s what happened in our day when the throne was in peril One by one, the supporters of the sitting king would be struck down until a new king sat on the throne and a whole new group of aristocracy rose I’ve just never seen it happen by human hand”

Jocelyn froze behind me—I sensed it before I even turned

Lachlan brushed by her in the hallway, leaving just us above the stairs as they headed toward the foyer

Her eyes stared forward, but she wasn’t looking at ic that surrounded her flared bright for a second before di