Freya’s pov

Demons, demons were just the right words to describe the court. They didn't strike to have an atom of light in them.

Just after I had woken, they took it as their prime duty to remind me that I had a ball to attend just after a near-death experience. Of course they didn't care, this shouldn't be a surprise but at least I had thought they'd show a little bit of human emotions. Well so much for thinking they were something other than leeches. I never always made the right judgment.

Pushing past their vile taste in my throat, which was apparently the court, the sweet scent of...