The Catalyst
She took in a breath and froze.
“Good, Danielle, I want you to meet our good friend, Balric,” her mother said, smiling. From the energy coming off her Dannie could tell she was pleased to be introducing them.
Dannie swallowed and tried to work up some saliva in her oddly dry mouth. She forced her eyes off the stranger to her mom. “Balric? As in the Betrayer?”
“I’d rather you didn’t call me that,” the stranger said. His voice was a deep, gruff rumble. A chill ran down Dannie’s spine as her thoughts went straight to the bedroom. Good lord, she thought trying to direct her thoughts to something safer.
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