Marked by His Shadows
t him like he
and laughter. "You. Adrian freaking Thorne-billionaire, megalomaniac, weird
said evenly. "It's a sigi
red. "Because that
ne-cool, unshaken, completely certain-made her freeze. The air inside
ing. "But you feel it, don't you? The change. The weight behin
uth we
t told an
on had blinked a full second too late that morning. Or how the lights in
herself she wa
t just stating facts.
you?" she
ause. Barely
human," A
and silent. Outside, the city
'd slipped through
rself to wake up. "Okay. Let's pretend I believe
, lacing his fi
hirteen bloodlines. Old ones. Bound to power
?" she as
eyebrow. "N
mon
mirk touched hi
wallow
to control the chaos. They only appear when the bloodl
e got one of your ancient power-marks on me be
't understand. But that mark means more t
ed?" sh
ences. If you die, the sigil brea
dn't
n't ne
rms around herself
an said. "Whether y
ar sl
rground lair or a private jet to some billion
buildings like a remnant of another world. Gated. Sil
r opened
didn'
going i
he only place warded against what's coming. You sta
ainst her ribs. "So
st. For your
ess of his voice. The air outside was cold, and the house loome
ing about it
ort. Not
amili
it. And yet, the moment her foot touched t
saw her
zes the war
. "Of cours
-
he house
soleum than a home. Every surface gleamed. No
hout looking back, like
e
ary that looked like it hadn't been touched in years. Into a sitti
" he
ow? I hide in your creepy mansi
u," he said. "And why it returne
ully for the first
ion now. Not the cold detachment from earlie
e
face. It looked wrong
la, that don't forgive," he said. "
as a whisper. "Wh
firelight catching the
even I don't sp
n the room flickered-b
st for a second,
-