Page 5 of Her Silent Knight

“I’ll let it slide this time. But what else do you see? Look carefully.”

With a sigh, Sin stared around her. What was he wanting her to see? “I see a train station that looks abandoned. Someone really needs to work on fixing this place up. It would be great if we could open the station up, so people could wait inside rather than standing outside.”

“Fuck all that. What else do you see?”

“Rude. You don’t have to curse.”

“You’re purposely ignoring what I’ve done for you.”

What he’d done for her?Sin looked again, carefully this time. What did she see? Oh, wait. Sin smiled. She’d been so caught up with what the agent next to her was going to do, that she hadn’t even noticed the Christmas lights hanging from the columns of the station.

“There’s that smile I was looking for.”

Her gaze returned to Rhen. “You didn’t do this, did you?”

He nodded. “I heard you say the things you missed most about the Mortal Plane was your family, the food, and seeing the houses in your town decorated during the holidays. If my calculations are right, today is December 1st on our old plane. Which means Christmas decorations are going up.”

He was absolutely right. In some households in her neighborhood, Christmas décor went up right after Halloween. No one seemed to appreciate Thanksgiving anymore. Sadly, Black Friday had replaced Thanksgiving.

Sin was able to keep track of time here because of her sister. Tonight, she was supposed to watch her sister decorate the Christmas tree. The only way she could communicate with her sister was to travel to the FR.

Her friend and most trusted ally here, Winter, had a Mirror of Realms. With that mirror, Sin could communicate with her family back home who had been trying for two years to find a way to get her out of here.

She was starting to believe leaving this plane was impossible. Her only comfort was that she could still communicate with her family and get updates on her coven thanks to Winter’s mirror. Because of Kaede, she would probably end up missing out on family time.

And when Sin didn’t show up tonight at Winter’s home, her friend would worry. And when Sin didn’t communicate with her family tonight, her family would worry. All of this potential worrying was Kaede’s fault. For that, he deserved to be punished.

“I won’t be able to meet Winter tonight, will I?”

Rhen stared up at the camera posted on one of the train station’s columns. “The conductor probably witnessed this failed kidnapping. He won’t stop here if he sees any misconduct going on. He won’t risk putting the passengers on the train in danger.”

Sin nodded. The train was a safe haven. While on it, there was no killing or fighting allowed. They wouldn’t stop here tonight, thanks to Kaede.

“I’ll send one of my guys to Winter’s place. They’ll tell her what happened.”

“Thanks. I don’t want her to worry.”

“Neither do I. Now, back to what I did for you. Do you like the lights?”

“I love them. I’m surprised by your thoughtfulness.”

“I’m more than just my fangs, witch.”

“I see, vampire.”

“Good. Does this mean you’re willing to let me spend the night with you?”

And here we go again.This was one of the reasons why she’d never date a vampire, especially Rhen. All they thought about was sex. The undead sure as hell wasn’t dead down there.

“Never,” Sin told him. “Not tonight. Not tomorrow. Not ever.”

“One day, witch. One day. Until then, I’ll continue keeping up my end of our deal. And you’ll keep yours. Tonight doesn’t count as a fail. We knew he wasn’t going to hurt you. In exchange for blood, I’ll return this agent to his home and make sure he never bothers you again.”

“Return him to his home? Don’t you mean, kill him?”

“Not this one. We have a deal with this one.”

“What?”