At last. Maks balanced the covered plate he carried and rolled his shoulders. Fatigue lay over him like a fine coating of dust, but he’d finally struck a deal with the spider. Ari’s suite lay at the top of the staircase he climbed. She’d be his bride soon. Technically they were ...
The little boy she’d come to save lay pinned to the ground beneath the creature. It regarded the boy with such intensity it didn’t notice her arrival. Saliva dripped from the maw, and its psychotic human eyes stared a hole into the child’s chest. The bane’s head twisted so...