Chapter 295 - Eden

With his hands still pierced and immobile, I got a stool and perched on it so I could look down into my great uncle's face. The last few months had been hard on him. Harder than I thought, judging by the appearance of new lines and broken blood vessels around his nose.

"What brings you by, Uncle?" I asked softly.

He glared at me. "You should have come home a long time ago, Shadow. You know what you make me do when you disobey direct commands."

I smiled. "Yes. I do know. But I think my letter to you should have been quite self-explanatory. I made my plans and my desires no secret."

I felt Massi stiffen next to me. Going over everything in my head, I realized I probably hadn't told him about the note I'd left this human stain. As soon as Hugo was dead, I would tell Massi all about it.

Hugo sneered. "You've left notes before. How was I to know this one was the time you actually meant to leave?"

"Probably because it was accompanied by the head of your security lead as the pa