章 85: Chapter 49: The Night of Brilliance(4)

Rial opened the door for them to enter, while Yeriel tried her last bit of resistance from entering the room, but the hand jerked at her back heavily to shove her inside.

She fell again, a couple of steps into the room. The floor was just as cold as the other room, perhaps more with no hearthstone. There was a heater in the middle of the room, next to the chairs, but she tried her everything to not look there. Just because a dark cloaked figure was sitting there. Other than that, there was another person, a lady, behind the warlock, watching her, glaring at her.

Yeriel’s heart skip a beat just getting the glares from her, full of hatred and contempt, as if her bare existence offended that lady. She stood up, not gazing in their direction.

“Karol,” the warlock called, “you seemed to be on the edge lately.”

“I’m merely doing my duty, master,” Karol answered, trying to hide the uneasiness from his voice.