Page 98 of Winterfall Destiny

A return message immediately sounds.

where?

following a lead

alone?

I rub my lips as I consider my next move; I'm breaking a rule.

no with Dorian

Andrei's message flies back.

don't kill G without me

I smile.

not a chance we'd find her tonight

Movement at the table I'm watching distracts me, and I pocket my phone.

Look how easily I lie to them still; I haven't contacted Dorian at all.

The group trudge down the metal stairs and I follow, keeping my focus on the taller guy's distinctive hair as I walk the edge of the dance floor to follow them from the club.

I suck in the cool night air, relieved I didn't come across Silas again, keeping the kids in my sights as I move. As soon as they reach a dimmer part of the street, the group speed up. All vamps, as I suspected. Gabriella's recruiting immortals rather than witches who might die.

Or would the First-infused blood stop the witches from dying? I rub my cheek as I match their pace. More likely, the super-charged vampire blood would kill them.

Maeve. The First.

I push the rising nausea away. Please let Lex listen when they catch up with him. The witch must understand he could lose his daughter if he rejects her ideas.

The group veers into the dark again, moving faster as they approach an old stone archway, and I edge into the shadows as they huddle together, talking. Catacombs. Really, Gabriella? The guy who recruited produces a length of black material from his pocket and his girl does the same.

They blindfold the newcomers.

I straighten. The group is heading into the catacombs, and if the blindfolded kids don't know which parts of the labyrinth they walked down, they'll struggle to leave. Or is that the idea? I hear the doubt in the recruited guys' voice. How much of the other guy's persuasion is verbal and how much magical?

And what's in there?

More Dominion.

Looking up at the thankfully cloud-covered sky, I consider my next move. Sit here all night and watch for others leaving. Or I could return to the house now with my information. What I should not do is walk into the catacombs alone.

Fuck, but this is too good an opportunity.

I rest against the wall in the alcove I shuffled into, and pull my phone out again, staring at the screen. Well, I could turn one of tonight's lies into the truth, even if I'm not keen on Dorian charging in and disrupting my quiet stalking. I text him.

I found a Dominion base

I tap the screen, watching the group prepare to walk inside.

sort them then I'm busy

Okay, white lie needed.

I think G might be here

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