Chapter 241

• I blink open my lashes, look around, and adjust to my night vision before I notice the sitting figures dotted around the room, seemingly poised yet doing absolutely nothing at our appearance. My heart drops, and my insides flutter at this weird anticlimax. I do not trust these men, and I feel like this is way weirder than I could have imagined and gawp at the fact they remain as they are and don’t even blink at our arrival.
• “Welcome…. You finally showed up.” Juan’s blood-curdling, husky voice comes at us from the far corner. By the huge four-poster bed, I am drawn to the figure sprawled out like a lording king in his domain. He doesn’t seem fazed at all by us. He’s sprawled out, one arm propped under his chin, so he’s semi-sat up. His glowing amber eyes are coming at us from the darkness of this room, and I wonder why they have no lights or power in the manor. If this is to cloak them and give an advantage or if there’s something wrong with the electrics up here.
• “You were expecting us?” Radar bites back with a sarcastic laugh, moving to the front of our party and putting himself directly in front of Sierra in a protective manner. That cocky confidence on show of a seasoned warrior ready to go at it in a blink.