The Red Winter

The second was a small man standing beside the bishop—Lord Bauterne, the Royal Lieutenant of the Hunt. Now, he has been recalled to the hunt by Antoine Avenel d’Ocerne, an estranged lover who shares a dark history with the Beast and a terrible secret with Sebastian. The white-haired man held it close to her face, driving the demon to her knees. “Hold them!” The soldiers, emboldened, bound her wrists and ankles with intricately wrought chains. He continued his advance, first running and then limping and finally shambling toward the Beast.