Nix's bamboo hut wasn't large. With the sudden influx of people, it immediately felt cramped.
The rain poured down outside, while an eerie silence filled the room.
Elias Moretti and Orion, perhaps due to their status, lingered by the door, one foot still outside the threshold, not daring to step fully inside.
Upon entering, Thorne unceremoniously tossed Loras into a corner.
He was like a shadow, standing flush against the bamboo wall, positioning himself to keep everyone in his sight. His body was as taut as a fully drawn bowstring, the room's lamplight fracturing into countless starlike specks in his eyes.
His gaze turned bone-chillingly cold when his dark green eyes swept over The Everwake, who lay at Evangeline's feet.
Caden Albright's narrow, fox-like eyes swept over everyone in the room. The moment he stepped into the bamboo hut, he caught a familiar, almost overpowering scent—it was Evangeline's.
