Chapter 45: A Lover's Fear - Sebastian

As I close the box and place it back safely into my drawer, Eisa bursts into my office looking concerned and quite pissed off.

I rise to my feet, “What’s happened?”

“My men have lost Circe,” she says warily.

“What do you mean they’ve lost her?! How the fuck do the guards just lose someone?!” I ask as I come out from behind my desk.

“I don’t know. They said they were following her and then she just disappeared,” she says in annoyance.

“So she teleported?” I say in confusion. That makes no sense, Circe may be a High Born, but she doesn’t possess that ability… at least I don’t think she does. I never did invest time in getting to know her. Still don’t fucking care to.

“They’re not stupid, Sebastian, they would have spotted her teleporting. This was her literally vanishing into thin air,” she tells me.

“Then she has to be getting help from that bitch, Manon. I want you to–” My words are cut off by a scream of pain erupting from me almost knocking me senseless.

“Sebastian!” Eisa sh