Chapter 10 Shadow Of Bettayal

• Adrian's POV
• My instincts started to work the instant the lights went out. My hand reflexively reached the knife I kept stashed in the little cabinet under the coffee table as my whole body stiffened. Samantha's terror was flowing off her in waves as the abrupt darkness enveloped us like a stifling blanket.
• I was too busy to reassure her. nor when the air crackled with danger, nor when time allowed words.