“It would be a mercy I wouldn’t deserve, but would welcome.” George nods, and moves on to Nadia’s cell. She’s reading curled up on the bed, but puts it down when she sees him in front of her cell. She gives him a sad smile,“I am sorry.” She seems contrite, but he can’t be sure if he believes her.“
“Let’s get this over with and kill Nicholas.” Celine shudders, he looks at her, and she gestures for him to come over to her. She pulls his ear to her mouth and whispers some of the things Nicholas had wanted to do to her that he hadn’t said aloud. He growls, then shudders and nearly retches, but co
Seb calls the guards in to move the body out of the room. Nate comes in with them and goes for Celine and George, while Seb sorts things out with the body. Nate looks at them both,“What the fuck happened?” George tells him, and Nate takes Celine’s hand to turn her a little so he can see her neck. H
“So, is it a person or creature? If it has a mind of its own it must be something like that?” He looks at George with a look of exhaustion and resignation,“It’s not a person, and it’s far older than anything else on earth. How he thinks he can bend that thing to his will is beyond me. He’s a clever
George leans against the table that had been moved against the wall facing the chair which is bolted to the floor in the middle of the room. Celine had become still beside him and he rests a hand on the small of her back, she rolls her shoulders as Jaques is brought in and cuffed to the chair, by th
“Aubert is the older brother, and the brains of the two. He’s the one looking for me, to unlock whatever it is that Nadia mentioned. He’s been trying to get Jaques on board with his plan, but Jaques has his own plans. He wants his own branch of ‘The Veil’, out from under his older brother.” She tilt