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“You’ve dropped a lot of weight. Was he starving you?” Vashien asked as they walked into the next hall.
“No, I did that to myself. There’s food in my room.” Faye squeezed Sparrow’s arm to her side. “The day he kidnapped me, I thought he killed you.”
“That bitch ass can’t kill me.”
“Darkness, save me,” Vashien muttered behind them.
Sparrow leaned back, still holding Faye’s arm. “What? Tell me I’m lying.”
Vashien grumbled, and Faye elbowed Sparrow in the ribs, getting her attention. “I thought you were dead, and I wanted to hurt him.”
“Darkness, tell me slowly,” she said in a breathy voice. “Did you knock his fangs out of his face?”
“I hit him with a candle holder.” Faye looked away as the color drained from Vashien’s face. “And stabbed him with a letter opener.”
“You stabbed him and didn’t tell me? Where!”
Vashien held his hand up at Sparrow.
“Darkness.” Sparrow leaned on her hard, wrapping her arms around her shoulder and neck. “Tell me he screamed like a bitch.”
“I shifted but not like you. I had wings and claws. I haven’t been able to do it again.”
“What?” Sparrow hopped, jarring her shoulder. “Bitch you lead with that. My Familiar senses were right. I knew you would be on my level when we were little. And you wanted me to abandon you for a court. Those courts will bewishingthey took us now.”
They entered the great room again, and Sparrow broke away, running to the stairs. She jumped up, sitting sideways on the railing.
Vashien dove over the railing after her.
Faye could only hold her breath as Sparrow laughed sliding down the banister, her hand trailing behind her. She twisted, landing on her feet on the bottom.
“Are you serious?” Faye hurried down the stairs.
Sparrow snorted. “I always wanted to do that. Doing it in Hell is just a bonus.”
“What if you fell? You made Vash jump over the railing.” Faye reached the bottom of the stairs and punched her in the arm.
Sparrow fluttered her hand in Faye’s face starting toward the hall on the right. “I’m a cat. I always land on my feet.”
Faye exchanged a look with Vashien and followed Sparrow.
Her sister backstepped to link arms with Faye again before asking, “So, you have powers now?”
“I don’t know how to use them,” Faye said as Sparrow jerked her to a stop in front of Rune’s study.
“No.” Vashien’s voice boomed from behind them.
Sparrow stomped her foot, glancing back at him “I just want to mix all his books up and put them back with the pages pointed out instead of the spines.” Sparrow pouted at Vashien, who remained unmoved. “Okay I’ll just do one bookshelf. Look in there, he has at least ten of them.” She outstretched her hand and hit an invisible force at the threshold. Sparrow narrowed her eyes. “This motherfucker.” She flicked her hand, striking it with a lash of power.
Faye pulled Sparrow away. “Are you fucking crazy? It’s probably tied to him.”
“I’m getting in there,” Sparrow grumbled as Faye pulled her along.
After a handful of steps, Sparrow stopped pulling against her. They approached the end of the hall. Faye opened the door. “This is huge.” Sparrow ran into the room and immediately flopped on the bed.
Faye turned back to Vashien. His expression pinched as he surveyed the room. “What’s the matter? I mean, besides the obvious.”
He immediately went to the door separating her room from Rune’s. He opened it, peering in, and reached out tentatively until he touched the shield barring him entry. He shut the door, turning back to Faye. “What cooperation did you promise? Is he trying to force you into his bed?” Faye hesitated for a moment. “What cooperation does he want? This is a consort’s room. Does he know you haven’t gone through your Ceremony of Blood?”
