Severin watched Darius's expression shift into different shades as they heard the explosion outside fade into silence. With their inhuman ears, they heard as the door was opened and footsteps approached.
The footsteps were confident and firm, but the thing about it was that none of them felt the person who owned the footsteps.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The footsteps approached the meeting area.
Nobody said anything to break the silence and the tension that filled the room.
Darius moved away from his place and faced the door since he didn't know who the new enemy would be. His eye flickered to Ardent and Severin.
The door to the room slowly creaked open and a man was standing there with a scowl. "Why do you have guards outside the door?"
The new man was disheveled, his hair braided and most of it covered his head, his eyes lacked life, and his clothes were like rags joined together to form something.
