Nero Blood
mental picture of him. I trace all the details. The blackness of his h
e vividness of
ll it into me. I let his arms wrap a
s my entire mind. "I promise, I will
ar my entire b
hard and the odds are i
this out," I say to him. "I need you to s
do anything. He could destroy planets, com
ot do this. He can
ords of promise, and I have to remember
the massive bed. I slip under the covers, pulling them up and over my head where I can
around me warm. I swear I feel the brush of a hand
hear his vo
xy. But I feel him with me, and his promise
swings open and three people walk
it isn't anywhere near me. We
pt well," a fem
r out of my eyes and take a
black clothing, carries a tray of food, enough to feed six people. The other, a man w
zips it, revealing a sophisticated l
ehind her back. "You will have approximately three hours to work with Edan Calwin today, and the n
o as the woman sets the food on a table and th
uards standing on either side.
nd a chance
e food. Get dressed. I will be back
d and walks out, leaving me l
from the food to the door
, even if I am starving. They could have put anyt
work for him, so it make
ood, and it does l
they left. It's made of fine leather and cotton, hi
Of how fine Valen and I would look,
ving the tho
room and turn the water
shoulder. I hate how much I like the clothing they brought me. They even
orce myself to eat a few bites, knowing I have to keep up
gs open, and in steps 12-3 w
," she say
ike the way into Cyrillius' quarters. There are ten doors along this hall. I count the
e hall, heading in the opposite
, headed this way or that. There are important diplomats stepping out of
ive. All scurrying to w
ere, there
every ounce of will I have, I lock everything inside