Haunting-Adeline

Chapter 39
The Shadow
ou eat meat raw?” I ques on, the deep note of my tone traveling
across the table. Everyone quietens.
“Y
“Well, of course not!” Daniel booms, laughing at what he probably
considers a stupid ques on.
“A sacrifice must be made first. Then we drink the blood and take her—”
“We don’t get to have fun with her first?” I interrupt, my voice
deepening with disappointment. “That’s half the fun, brother.”
Eyes shi , glancing at each other, wai ng for Daniel’s response to my
demands. He stares at me, a slight smile on his face. I cock a brow, wai ng
for my answer.
When I do, Daniel laughs, a pleasant surprise radia ng from his face. My
own is serious, eyes never straying from Daniel’s.
He breaks eye contact first, looking over to where the servant is holding
the scared li le girl.
“Bring her here.”
I rest back in my chair, my movements languid and relaxed. On the
inside, there’s a war raging—the ba lefield in my gut bloody and vicious. I
want to tear this en re house down, shredding every sick individual in here
with only my hands and teeth.
I’ll show them what it feels like to be eaten by a monster.
The servant hurdles the girl forward, consistently shoving the girl
forward due to her digging her li le heels in. She knows something bad is
coming.
But what she doesn’t know is I will do everything in my power to stop
that from happening.
When the girl reaches us, my hand snaps out, gripping the girl’s ny
wrist in my hand. Her wide eyes jerk to mine, and what I see in them nearly