Rapture
The Shadowdwellers
Chapter One
Two months later ...
Daenaira blinked in surprise when the locks on the outside
of her room tumbled open sharply. There was almost the
sound of confidence to it, which was equally surprising, but
then there was a long minute of silence, and that made her
smile darkly. The door jerked open and the rotund body of
her aunt filled the frame of it.
"Let's go, girl. I'm finally to be rid of you."
Dae didn't know how to respond to that news at first.
Winifred had threatened her for years with everything from
abandonment to hiring someone to slit her throat, so she narrowed
her eyes suspiciously on the bitch.
"And don't try any of your tricks, you little hellion."
Winifred shook her chubby wrist, making the wicked cat
she held in her fist rustle, the whip's nine tails giving off an
almost musical tinkle as the metal tips clinked together at
the ends.
Apparently, Wini was feeling benevolent today. Usually
she was compelled to use the hurish to keep Dae in line. The
cuffs of the hurish we ... read full excerpt from: Rapture: The Shadowdwellers ebook
