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No one walked on the stairs Not a soul, not even demons, dotted the corridors Dolion had cleared the way for us That couldn’t be good news
Nyfain’s staff waited with grim expressions in front of the room where Nyfain and I had dined a few times before, the first of which had been our date I really didn’t need those memories tarnished, but…what choice was there?
This tiuests, one at either end, plus the seat beside each head of table position But as the fourth?
I lifted ht, the place we’d always sat before He jerked his head from side to side He didn’t know It would be a surprise Lovely
He pulled back the seat at the head of the table for me and took the place beside it Even here, when his enemy would be present, his rock-solid confidence held true He didn’t need to take the head of the table to ensure others realized he was alpha He could sit in the corner on a dunce chair and still draw every eye in the roo present
A de black scales made her way down to us She wore the classic black button-up shirt and black trousers with pleats Her hair was black as well
“Dragon” She jabbed a finger in the air at Nyfain “You sit at the end”
He leaned back and to the side in the chair with a little grin, like a rich playboy with no respect for authority He didn’t comment
She visibly bristled Prickly power curled through the air, scraping along my skin
Nyfain laughed and held out his hand to me I filled his palm with mine
“She is atte,” he told me conversationally “But she lacks the power to coh back doors and corrode kingdo all they can in the shadows Like cowards His stolen riches are the only reason the other leaders suffer his presence at their tables”
“Big words fro throne” Dolion sauntered in wearing a tuxedo His powder-blue skin looked sallow in the candlelight
“You took advantage of an ailing and grieving man” Nyfain didn’t turn to face hi for hiot sucked into it”
“That is true, of course It doesn’t change your predicament”
“No, it doesn’t Regardless, ate your cowardice How you have retained power this long is beyond s”
“There could be worse on the throne thanat the head of the table “You’re not hiding your affection for the girl?”