The Unworthy Companion

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

I do not know why I even asked to speak to Lord Rafe in private.

Jagger was an Arc Wolf; there was no place in this large hall where anyone could have a conversation that he couldn't hear. The large echo certainly wasn't helping either.

I have never seen Lord Rafe look this way.

He stares at me for an instant, his eyes a gleaming red, and even the servant at the far end is