Valerius c****d his head, amused. “You hear whispers too,” he said to no one in particular. “How charming.”
Moira’s face went white. “They’re going to the north service tunnel.”
“Sealed,” Soo-min said.
“Not to them,” Moira said grimly.
Valerius let his smile show for the first time. “Children always make the best doors.”
He lifted his hand again. This time the shadows didn’t creep. They fell, a grid of dark lines dropping from nothing to earth like a net cast from the sky. Wolves leapt, witches ducked, two vampires got caught in their own master’s danger and shredded free in ugly pieces. The grid stuck where it landed and began to crawl toward the longhall.
“Back!” Grayson ordered, voice raw. “Layer on the steps!”
Ravyn moved with him, pulling Cassian with a hand that refused to let
