“As a member of the Watch of the L’au-dela, I am sworn to uphold the laws governing both mortal and immortal beings, and for that reason, and that reason alone, I have allowed this kris to proceed. However, your summation process is faulty and does not adhere to the precepts governing the Otherworld, so I am forced to reject your sentence.”
“Yeah!” I said, standing up with the intention of taking my armload of pugs over to Peter in order to show our unified front. “We reject your sentence.”
I got two steps before Andrew was on me. Or rather, behind me, a wickedly sharp dagger that I hadn’t known he possessed pressed to the side of my throat.
“You do not seem to understand,” he said, his breath puffing annoyingly on my face. I thought of telling him to get a breath mint, but my ego remin
