“We should probably take you up on that,” I said and squeezed Anna a little tighter. But I was still looking at Desiree.
“An incident like that makes you realize what’s important, you know?” Desiree said. As she spoke, she looked directly at me—straight into my ambivalent eyes—but remained securely wrapped in Eli’s arms.
Epilogue
Daniel looked up from his desk and was surprised by the presence of a man standing in his doorway, a man he hadn’t seen in over ten years. “Cias, to what do I owe this pleasure?”
“I am not here on pleasure, but business. Nicholae sent me.”
Daniel sat back in his chair and cracked his knuckles. This contact from an esteemed member of the Lorne family Royal Guard could only mean one thing. Kafka was dead. Daniel had waited a long time for this day.
Cias stepped into the classroom, leaving the door open behind him. Casually gazing around the room, he removed his hat and held it down by his side. “It seems you’ve really embraced this primitive lifestyle. I don’t know how you managed to stay here for so long.”
“I’ve done what was asked of me, just as you’re doing now. Tell me, what’s the news?”
“It’s not what you’re expecting. Kafka was murdered—”
“Which was the—”
“But it wasn’t Nicholae. Kafka was murdered by Oliver and Jeremy.”
“What? How is that possible?” Daniel cried out. He knew Oliver wasn’t ready to go back yet. He hadn’t shown Oliver enough to make a full transition possible. And Jeremy? How did he fit into this picture? “When?”
“Just a few days ago. Kafka’s body was discovered on the roof of Lorne Tower in Provex City.”
“I don’t understand. I don’t understand how this is possible.”
“I guess you underestimated your protégé. Or they got help. Either way, I wasn’t sent here to help you understand, just to inform you.”
Daniel took a moment before saying anything. “Am I being replaced?” he finally asked. He leaned forward against his desk, removed his horn-rimmed glasses, and furiously rubbed his eyes until they were raw and burning.
“No,” Cias said flatly. “You and Nicholae go back a long way and the boys are both still safe—for now. Though perhaps you should keep a closer eye on them in the future.”
“Of course.”
Cias put his hat back on, walked up to Daniel, and placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’d best be going. We’ve all got work to do.”
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