Tasting Drakness

Chapter 37

Darius watched me for a second before taking his seat.

“Who were you looking for?” Darius asked, and I looked away from him.

“Someone I used to speak to through a chat link online,” I answered, rubbing a hand down my face. When I looked up, Darius had leaned forward, bracing his arms on elbows.

“So you were seeing someone?” I shook my head.

“I never met them, I am not sure who they were, but we talked for years from the time my grandmother died,”

“A man?” Darius asked, and I shrugged.

“I am not sure. We became friends. That’s all I know, I never met them, or saw them, not even picture I have no idea if they were male or female, could have been anybody,”

“Yet you went looking for them, instead of calling on us,” Darius said, leaning back in his seat, he turned his gaze to Kalen.  (This Novel daily new chapters provide it

“What was this person’s name?”

“Does it matter?” Darius shrugged. And since they didn’t have a name, I didn’t see the harm in telling him.

“I only know his login name. It was part of the chat group. We weren’t allowed to use our real names, kind of like a pen pal, HTIARW,” I answered. •

“You still remember their login credentials?” Kalen asked.

“Well, I spoke to them every day for nearly 4 years and they never changed it, so yes,”

“Why would you go looking for someone on the internet?” Darius asked, his eyes darkening.

“Because the person mentioned if I was ever in Astrid to look for them, I was hoping when I got there I could get access to the internet and track them down, but I never found the place,

“I gave up after a few years, it wasn’t on any map, and I figured they gave me a fake name for that too,” I shrugged.

“But you have heard of it, so it must be real?” I asked, wondering if I was indeed sent on a wild goose chase.

“It’s not on any maps because it isn’t a town or city; it’s the name of a place,” Kalen answered, and Darius growled at Kalen.

“What sort of place?” I asked but one glare from Darius prohibited him from answering. Kalen looked down at his hands and picked at his nails.

boarding school, or from your previous school? Did you keep in touch with them?”

school that only lasted a few months before they died, and I was shipped off to live with

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a lot like her, stern like him too, but she was good to m e; I

a kid, never missed a birthday or Christmas, she was the only

knew no records existed. My father went to great lengths to hide what

person, worked for the Fae government,” Kalen said. Now

know.

“Really?”

asked me. I shook my head. I thought he was just a businessman; mum told me

political party,” Darius answered. He was

worked

but on opposite sides, though, they

your father

was an advocate for white Fae,” Now, that shocked

dark Fae,”

had a daughter. You were the best-kept secret. We didn’t even

am still confused as to why your father was an advocate for white-fae being that

stepdaughter,” Kalen

that

bothered him, but he loved Molly regardless. After she died, he started fighting to have those responsible for

brought to justice?”  (This

originated, only that it was Fae made,” Darius told me. I nodded, not wanting to pry too much since he was being civil, and I didn’t know how

Kalen said, and I looked

contact your internet friend before you left to let

the time that thought arised,

to contact him after

it was man,” I said with a click of

I was

am pretty sure they were female, or gay either one,”

you assume

how they spoke,

is stereotyping,” Kalen

suppose it is, it doesn’t matter now, though. Not like I will speak to them

“Would you?”