Though he was in a bad mood, this surprise visit shocked him. "I will be there in half an hour," he said and Holly left. He went to the bathroom to attend to his wife first.
Not half an hour later, but an hour later Brantley was sitting in the meeting room along with Ileus and the rest of the people. Bianca had to go to the head cook to order the evening's menu.
Flanked by his cousins on either side, Ileus was looking strained. He wasn't in the best of the moods. There had been a fresh attack of the Shadows in the region between the werewolf realm and Aztec. There were too many bodies scattered in the forests. People were fleeing their town and establishments to seek refuge in the wizard kingdom. His raven black hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat, and his clothes were dirty and smelly.
