VOLUME 2 – THE NOBLE TITLE AND THE DEVIL'S POWER
Chapter 1 – Awakening
Beam awoke with a start, panicked.
Swiftly, he whipped his legs out over the side of the bed, and rolled onto the hard stone floor, as he quickly scrambled to his feet, his eyes wide, and his hands ready for combat.
He waited a moment, and then two. Nothing moved, save for the beating of his pounding heart, and the slow steady breaths he drew in and out, as he listened in on the silence.
The fear did not quickly dissipate, but his mind quickly drank in his surroundings. A foreign place, that much was obvious. The walls were white-washed stone, their cleanness unfathomable.
There were pieces of furniture that he only knew of from the homes of the wealthy. They were the type of things he would expect to see in Greeves' quarters – no, they looked even too fine for him. These were a beautiful varnished dark wood, with shining iron hinges, and the ornate carving of a shield on their front.
