Chapter 1001 Earned Respect

• Matthew's laughter rumbled across the candlelit chamber. He pushed himself out of the velvet armchair, straightened the lapels of his midnight coat, and let his hungry gaze linger on her. "Very well. To share wine and confidences with a beauty like you—that is a pleasure worth remembering."
• "I think so too." Arachna's reply floated out with a faint, elusive smile.
• Matthew's eyes blazed brighter, as though her smile had poured oil on waiting embers. "I'll speak to the others at once, set the time and place. When everything is ready, we'll hunt him down together."