Shana Abe (39 page)

This was insanity, she had no idea why she was reacting so strangely to this man, but they could not be discovered here. If Bryce found out he would kill them all, he would have to, and desperation made her words that much more convincing
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“I am no one, milord.”

“No one?” He flicked back her hood with dismaying ease. Avalon heard Elfrieda give a little cry
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The stranger ignored it, silent and musing. Avalon felt for the veil, praying it still covered her hair and found it in place, then remembered to lower her face again
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Imprinted in her mind was all that she could see of him: black hair tied back, unsmiling lips, pale eyes that reminded her of frost
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“No one,” he repeated softly, almost to himself, and she heard something new in his cultured voice, something wild and alarming. “I think not.”