Chapter Twenty Five: On Her Payroll

Nyx POV

“Why did my aunt send me to you?” I asked, watching Narek as he scribbled on that little note of his. His blond hair had grown since the last time I saw him, falling freely over his face.

Just like I expected, I got no answer to my questions. That won’t stop me from trying to find out all I needed to. This man knew a lot more about me than I had thought, and it was only fair I made my own enquiries, even though he seemed like a tough nut to crack.

“So…are you one of the guardians? Is that why she sent me to you?”

Narek paused, slowly raising his head from the book he was previously buried in. His sparkling blue eyes glared at me…hard. I swallowed, clamping my mouth shut before it got me into trouble but I knew it was only a matter of time before curiosity gets the best of me again.

I watched him pull out an ancient scroll, spreading it out in front of him. The scripts looked runic, and ancient, like a language that has gone extinct.

“Damn, you must be really old to be able to