Cormac says to me when Hannox shoves me into his office. Hannox and his men force us into chairs and tie our hands behind our backs. I don’t even struggle. All I need is for Cormac to talk, and maybe he will if he thinks I’m incapacitated. Cormac shares a few quiet words with his right-hand man as one of the officers finishes tying us to our chairs. Hannox casts one long look at me before he orders his men to follow him out of the room. We have Cormac alone. This should feel like a victory. “I didn’t try to escape this time,” I remind him now that Hannox is gone. “I was taken.” “And yet I notice you aren’t wearing my ring,” he snarls. “And there is a glow about you. Spending time with young Erik? Or is it Jost? I can’t keep up with you.” “We took Adelice,” Dante says. “She convinced us to bring her back.” “Sell your lies elsewhere,”
