GREY LY

ing about Zevran even

reepy smiles and his dark piercing eyes, he was just a bo

threw my head back to lessen the tension

oing to do?" I asked, and the

ry than he already is, he's really going to break you to the point of no return. You might think he can only kill yo

vane get? If he decided to really hurt me, what was the worst thing he co

ed to t

nd let her turn me ar

in my head, I glanced back at the maid. "I

nd me, her lips curving in a smile. It was a sweet o

do you

e months now and this is the fir

t think I would be here for so long, so I didn't s

r pride or master will strip you of everything," she said, then let out a tir

, even though

your safety but she absolutely refuses to comply... You are

he day, but I knew the answer... I knew why she didn't lo

maid for Master Ilvane, but now, seeing someone like you abandoned to die even when you have a mother who can

nd all of a sudden, I couldn't make out the b

mean to say that," she quickly ap

. "You don't need to apologize. Please wash th

ded, then turne

that had filled my eyes slid down my cheek, the sound of water drowning out one gut

*

us every day, and it kept getting worse. "Can you help me get out of here? My mom might not act like

off. "No, Vesper, that

e you don't believe that my mom

e, I disappear into the heavens and never walk the earth again, Master would still

. "You can't possibly believ

of me. "You have no idea how easy he's been on you, Vesper," she said, then took in a deep breath. "Since you've be

ces that I'd seen from the day I was brought here that I hadn't seen a

I realized what she

terly. "They're

old. "How do y

now not to cross the line. Also, Sir Zevran carries most of those executions out, so don't let his cute look and thi

gers clenching on

using to believe that he was already a kill

emon. He is Master's only heir, so of course, h

e the horror swirling in them. I could tel

lute when she fin

betrayal, and People die for less here," she said, got

have. Don't piss off the master more than you already have,"

and then covered my face with my hand. Then I screamed an

d I whipped around, my neck almost

hed with tho

"You don't look human at all you know," he said, ti

hat to say to t

asked, watching warily as he

I winced as the sharp sce

He reek

ith you, Vesper.