Verum (The Nocte Trilogy 2)

He nods. “Yeah. But you didn’t.”

He looks away and for a second, I think that’s all,

That’s all there is to know,

That’s the last of the secrets.

But his face is hurt,

And pained,

And I know in my heart… it’s not.

There’s something else.

There’s

One

More

Thing.

My lungs are hot and red and bloody, and my throat is constrained. I can barely move and the pain,

The pain,

The pain.

I can’t breathe.

“Tell me,” I murmur. “I’m ready. Tell me the last secret.”

Dare picks up my hand and there’s a shadow behind him,

The hooded boy.

Of course.

He’s been waiting for me,

following me,

he’s been here for me all along.

Standing at Dare’s shoulder, he turns his face,

And I can finally see it.

It’s black as night,

And he has no eyes.

I gasp, because I finally know who he is.

He’s Death.

I saw him on Sabine’s tarot card.