Chapter 123

Farren's Point of View

Hearing his voice so close to me sent my body spiraling. Every muscle locked into place. My heart leaped out of my throat. I could feel my body betray me. Feel it give in to fear. Because Leon sounded rather cold. Colder than normal.

Rage, I knew how to handle. How to divert and attack. But someone cold was a different story. You couldn't poke a bear when it didn't care that you were doing it. It meant that Leon was in a state of mind where I couldn't outrun him.

Or outwit him. Which was incredibly dangerous for all of us.

"Brother, we assumed you would be working at this time of day, with the threat to our society and all that." Priamos sounded even colder than Leon looked. He had squared his shoulders and turned to face our brother. Gave him a look I could only describe as a promise of death.

He had never looked more menacing than he had now.

But I was too of a coward to turn and face him. My body was still frozen in place. Became leaden. Every slight movemen