A sickly sweet smile peeked at me through the bars of the cell, its owner’s dark eyes gleaming with merriment as they peered down at me. Alistair. He was back and the gleeful expression on his face made my stomach twist into a tight knot. I hadn’t expected his presence again so soon, not after the debacle from earlier with the Royal, but my expectation wasn’t reality. He was here and the look on his face told me something bad was about to happen.
Alistair wasn’t alone this time. A new face stood to the side of him, the new male’s expression stoic as he stared down at me, his face unreadable. He was an abomination as well, a vampire most certainly. I could tell that much from how unrealistically good-looking he was. He was tall, taller than Alistair from what I could tell and his large bo
