![]() ![]() She hesitated and the scene outside shivered as if someone had shaken a painting. A picture rose before her of the dark sorcerer slicing her skin numerous times with a thin black blade, runes flickering as the cuts bled, his hands in her blood as he used her pain to boost his power, and his amused expression as the wounds healed in front of him. Her blood was the most potent of all his girls, he repeated often. This was normal and the result of the compulsions Zelo laid on her to ensure her compliance. She swayed with dizziness, her hand clutching the banister, her foot touching the floor, unable to remember much of what happened with Synkkä. So pretty, so powerless.”Īfterward, when she was so drained she could hardly walk, he’d sent her for refreshments. When she entered the room where the pale hook-nosed man waited, his hooded eyes gleamed as he took in her appearance: her slender curves displayed in the clinging short red dress, her long curling black hair falling forward over one shoulder, her full lips a red s***h against her pale complexion and those violet eyes that regarded him without revealing a hint of her emotions. She had bowed in acknowledgment, hiding the revulsion that rose at the black wizard’s name. She heard voices murmuring in the kitchen, most likely Rebecca and Rachel.Įarlier that morning after breakfast, Zelo informed her that Synkkä had requested her services and she was to be ready by ten o’clock. The barest turn of her head showed every door leading off the empty hallway was shut. The front garden consisted of a rectangle of lush emerald grass and a dense trimmed high thorn-rich hedge. ![]() A short pale stone pathway edged with a meticulous border of blooming red roses led to a low white gate. Roshène paused at the bottom of the stairs, flicked a long black curl over her shoulder, and stared in confusion at the bewildering vision, glittering in the sunlight on the other side of the open front door. ![]()
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