Chapter 270

“Ciara can’t open those!” Evan said standing and looking victorious.

The sarcastic part of my brain thought about all the fun things I could say if they were allowing me to talk. The rest of me wanted to know what I wasn’t allowed to open.

Evan changed in a flash into his street wear. He came out of the closet armed and dressed. The large curved sword at his waist got my attention.

I remembered the knives Christof usually carried in the small of his back. I could end my fertility with one of those. A few good pokes and I would be unusable for this purpose. Rose hadn’t died, only been rendered unable to bear young. I wondered if I could do that, too.

“NO,” Damien roared watching my eyes, “that is unacceptable,” he fumed.

I had been staring at the weapon openly and they’d caught me. Damien stood up looking ready to pummel something. He told Evan he wanted those men here tonight to fix the cabinet. This situation was currently unsustainable.

I shut m