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I felt Thale stiffen beside me. I could sense he also wasn’t sure why Alvena was looking so pleased.

Fallon greeted us as if it was old friends coming together for a holiday, which unsettled me further.

“Welcome, welcome! Please, let my staff take your coats. How wonderful it is for you to be here.” He grinned broadly, flashing his perfectly white yet pointy teeth in our direction.

Thale said nothing, so I followed suit. A maid came up behind me to take my coat, and I allowed her to guide it off my shoulders.

“Come this way, we have much to discuss.” Fallon gestured for us to follow him through the hallway. The house reminded me a lot of Danny’s. It was mostly decorated in blacks and whites, although I could see accents of red every so often. Everything was immaculate. The only personal affects seemed to be strange abstract modern sculptures.

Fallon led us to a room that I assumed was meant to act as living room.