Bab 233: Chapter 233: Kristophe's Change Of Heart

The bench in the back yard offered some comfort as it always did. But it felt different back here without the Wild Hunt slumbering under the earth, missing Sassafras's demon power wandering through the house. Sure, both had been gone for a while, the Wild permanently, Sass's loss more inconsistent. Not to mention I'd changed, more than I'd ever been willing to admit.

Blaming outside influences for my own alterations. How typical.

Surprise woke curiosity as I felt a mind touch mine. Tentative, nervous. As he should be for having the nerve to reach out to me here, now. After all that had happened between his family and mine. But Kristophe Dumont seemed changed, too, as I let him in to find out what he might possibly think was worth risking my wrath for.