Shadow Slave

After returning to the dancing hall; Sunny saw it in a new light; His perception had shifted; making everything seem darker and more dangerous; He had already been apprehensive about the crowd of guests; but now; every one of them looked like a potential threat;

Mordret might have said that he was not planning to do anything and had just come to take a look, but could the banished prince be trusted? As far as Sunny was concerned, the lunatic could have been on his way to publicly assassinate one of his relatives, or slaughter as many as he could, right now;

Much worse. he could be hiding inside of anyone; Every guest was a potential host; Every mundane human. every Awakened. every Master… none of them were beyond suspicion;

Even Saints were not off the list, perhaps;

Sunny suppressed a groan.

'Curse it all…'

There were two carriers of Divine Aspects in the world that had made it their life's goal to destroy the great clan Valor at all costs. And now, both of them were in this building!

Even if nothing happened. the threat alone made him itchy;

The great hall where dozens of beautiful pairs danced suddenly did not look as splendid;

Turning around. Sunny looked at Nephis. lingered for a few moments. and then walked in her direction with steady steps;

As he came close, he offered her a hand and asked;;;

"Shall we dance?"

Neph looked at him in confusion for a couple of seconds, then shrugged and placed her hand in his.

Together. they walked to the middle of the hall; Sunny put his second hand on her waist. while she put hers on his shoulder; Suddenly. they were extremely close to each other;

heart skipped a

like this one that he

what the other dancers were doing; With his proficiency in

due to her own combat mastery; or perhaps she had received lessons as an heiress of a Legacy clan; In any case; almost instantly after they started the dance; the pair caught a lot of admiring

not care; He had much bigger problems on

and failing at it. he waited for a bit and

been meaning to

time to hide his head in the sand was

eyebrow,

are you planning to do today? You know that Valor won't take no for an answer. They want to have all of us, but if that is not possible, they'll only settle for getting at least one. That way, they'll be assured that the rest of us won't join a rival faction. So…

for a while, allowing him to lead her in the dance. Her hand rested easily on his

steps, she suddenly

don't really understand,

frown, but his eyes

What is it that you think

somber expression slowly appeared on

not

of beautiful

after returning to the waking world. The ripples caused by the death of Saint Cormac, the subtle machinations that happen in the darkness, the growing imbalance of power between Bastion and Ravenheart… even the timing of Seishan challenging the Second Nightmare. It all

slight scowl appeared on

you trying to

Nephis sighed.

great clans has grown

growing tense in

what does a war

shook her