Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
The priest goes a little slack in his chair, panting.
“Let’s try again,” Roger says, kicking the leg of the chair to get the priest’s attention. “What do your people want with my nephew.”
My eyes narrow, though, as the priest looks up at Roger again and just huffs a short, humorless laugh. “It doesn’t matter,” the priest says, shaking his head and holding his gaze. “Because,” he pants, a smile growing on his face. “You are already…too late.”
And then he starts to laugh – really, truly laugh, as a crash of glass sounds and a scream erupts upstairs –