The Darkest Temptation

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goes ic

o kill me,

it. All I really do is go to and from m

es it, but why am I th

y out of character tonight by going o

r? What is in h

have been able to trace in a very long t

tonight, but I want to hear examples of everything that he ha

Noble's." Ellard gestures

hat Noble's are peak of power in the whole land. That th

one above them? Someone who is

sturbing

ul people in the world?" Mary says from where s

case," Ellard te

us what he said to

t him." When I think back on what happened only less tha

me away from it, revealing nothing about himself. I thoug

se any information about him would h

anted him in my b

shes. I'm not sure what would help them, since he seem

.I mean, that's all he said to me," I stutter.

d of monster dwells beneath t

was your

und him, as if everything in existence turned its attenti

t me with that cold, blue gaze.

g, about my powers," I recall. I wonder if it makes the ki

inches. "

eem like I should continue working to get my powers better,

stronger. It's no use, I've reached the edge of my training, and

lard exchang

tion without saying a word. I want to dig, but they are Noble

looking grim. "You may have to c

t? W

his is clearly serious, but am I in enough danger tha

he may return to kill you, or worse," El

t's worse t

ou, Toven, but it's doubtful he just wanted

feel bad about that. My luck with dates has never been

ntial prey to a murderer is goi

, will they be able to rid of the threat of Keo?

an aspect of

l them. Why me? Why not many other Angel-bloods with a hint of more pow

transport himself around if he is

how small they are. To him, they may be usef

as a way wi

as

nd. "Keo doesn't know where we live

ing a look out

nting me. This feels so ominous, knowing he is out there, plotting his next

"As Noble's we must do what we can do protect our citiz

n?" I would rather die at K

er protection at our est

e. It's large, imposing and sits right in the centre of the main

ng?" Going to that manor is essentially a more lavish

an all the Noble's together. You will be better off there," Ellar

he hurt

le these things very well, considering her troubled past. She

rsed with him, she wil

Noble's. "How do yo

eo for a long time," Arkyn tells me. I imagine he is doing this not

e so dang

ting uncomfortably. "It may b

sit around and be afraid when I d

ake you feel worse about having been in

bbornly. "Seriously

deep bronze hair, deciding whether he shou

on blood," he ev

lin

r interested me. However, everyone knows about the G

mon blood survived, and as centuries passed the bloodline ran a lot

school...anything else and h

manipulate and kill at will. The Angel's wanted to rid

amount we are never likely to account one in real life, and now I've

ooded Dem

but highly unlikely," I whisper hoarsely, fee

hem were killed in t

ist today, and are extremely dangerous," Arkyn tell

nds, stunned. "I was

e both of you, and we will leave no

I to de

evealed, and I need to go into hi

room to pack. She just nods, watching me slip f

open, hoping for some clear air in th

g puddle on the wood floor fro

it shut,

t special apartment that I've spent the last few years a

memory of his intense gaze, of th

I head to my bedr

t do t

front of the Noble's, but I've just experienced something from m

grumble to myself

rubbing my eyes, I o

, back against my h

ds into the door as

"How about a