To Serve a God

[ POV: LORD RAFE ALDER MORLAND ]

The sentry’s armored footsteps echoed against the polished marble, leading me away from the corridor where I had left the mortal girl. I adjusted the black swan mask over my face, the rigid material cold against my skin. Just moments ago, I had been trading petty insults with a stubborn human. The sheer audacity of her defiance had irritated me, but it was a famil