Dreaming.
That's what the two girls thought was the farthest they could do, until they found themselves in the gnarly old streets of Ketterdam.
With book characters coming to life and illicit secrets at deadly stakes, Jan Van Eck is back, stronger t...
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"Will she be okay?" Vivi asked quietly, as she watched Inej tend Lynn who had been blacked out for the past 30 minutes.
They were in a carriage with Inej, Kaz and Jesper on their way back. All of them had been eerily quiet ever since observing Lynn. Zephyr beside Vivienne, was applying a herbal paste on his own wounds.
"She has lot a lost of blood." Inej said as she bandaged Lynn's arm, "But I am sure Nina can make her better."
Zephyr abruptly broke the silence "There was another boy named Cain" he muttered to Kaz
"Oh yeah" chimed in Vivi, shrugging "He tried dancing with me and apparently we are married now. It was entertaining."
"He's Remco Dansburg's son. One of the most dangerous gangs, a favorite on Van Eck" Kaz uttered, his gaze towards his crow cane
"What-" Vivienne's eyes widened.
A son of one of the most notorious gangs in town, acting like a middle school boy asking his crush out, she thought.
"He's really irritating" Zephyr mumbled "Really, a pain in the arse"
"Arse? When did you get all british" Vivi chuckled, making Zephyr blush.
Just then Lynn coughed up blood, waking up and fumbling around "The envelope" she gasped, "Its in my pocket."
All eyes were on her now. Inej handed her a cloth which she used to wipe the blood from her mouth, she had never looked so pale. She pulled out a now crumpled envelope and wearily handed it to Kaz.
"How are you feeling now?" Vivi said getting up, forgetting she was in a carriage and bumped her head and nearly fell but Jesper caught her arm before she could.
"Gheezens, kid. Sit down." Jesper scolded, then looked at Lynn, "Fine, coffee?"
"I just coughed out blood." Lynn stared at him a hint of a grin on her lips, "How do I look fine to you?"
"Well, still opening your mouth saying nonsense aren't you." Jesper shot back, smiling slightly.
"Where is daphne?" Lynn frowned as she noticed only zephyr and vivi from their task.
"I dunno, he just randomly. . .went?" Zephyr himself sounded unsure.
"Wait where is he though-" Vivienne asked, looking around.
"I'm sure he can fend himself" said Kaz, enthusiastically opening the envelope
"He has never looked so happy" Jesper teasingly poked Inej "Not even when he-"
Kaz cleared out his throat, then took out a matchstick from his pocket, holding the blank paper near
"Its blan- What in the. . "
Hot wax slowly starting dripping from the paper, revealing an ink dripped sentence and nothing more
Kaz recited " I breathe, yet I am not alive. My licks are never those of love; the more you feed me, the hungrier I become."
At the bottom of a letter, 2 crows were illustrated, their heads graphically cut off.
They all sat silent for a moment.
Jesper frowned then smirked, "Are they talking about love making ah a bunch of horny bastards."
Zephyr coughed uncomfortable as Vivi snorted. Kaz shot him a glare as Jesper shrugged in defense.
"Fire." Everyone turned to Inej in confusion while Kaz nodded.
Vivi frantically jumped from her seat making Jesper flinch beside her and jump too, "where the fuck is a fire now-"
"The riddle's answer, you dimwit." Lynn said as Vivi went scarlet in embarrassment.
"Glad one of you have brains." Kaz murmured. "But what could that mean?" Inej said looking at Kaz intently. Kaz went quiet as he wondered, resting his hands on his crow cane.
"Where'd you get the envelope again?" Dirtyhands asked Lynn who was now gaining back her color.
"From the two men, Hugo and remco. They handed it to me."
"Handed?" Jesper inquired. "Yea"
"With a fight or ?" Inej questioned.
"Without one."
Lynn then proceeded to tell them the entire incident, between coughs.
"So you're telling me, he handed you the envelope but ate his own Circada badge when asked for it" Kaz raised his brow, scheming it all.
He looked down at the graphically decapitated crow heads painted onto the letter.
His Crows.
"Jesper!" Kaz said suddenly, "Head to the Crow Club. Right now." Making Jesper rush to the front seat and start the carriage in an instant
"I don't even know what in the ever living fuck is going on" murmured Vivi, resting her head on Zephyr's shoulder, making him blush harder
"I'm tired" she mumbled, the faint smell of lavender on his suit
"I-I'm here" he managed to stutter back Wylan and Lynn shot a mischevious grin at Zeph, as he flipped them off
"Get ready for something extreme" Kaz sternly said, adjusting his tie.
