As the pair left, Dimitri started lifting himself up using the wall to support his weight. He clutched at his groin in an effort to relieve the pain. Andras happened to glance back just before the door swung closed: the man wore a paradoxical expression, with a grin at his lips but fear in his eyes....

Dimitri defensively lifted his hands to his face, leaving him completely unprepared for Haneul’s knee. He fell into a heap on the floor, but his mouth emitted no sound as he tried to hold his dinner down. Naturally, Andras chose this moment to return. With a glance at Haneul’s moaning victim, he rol...

Dimitri stared up at the witch. Seeing her refuse to cave, he backtracked. “..I don’t think they scare you. Just hoping you don’t want to take chances.” He took steps backwards quickly enough to tousle his shaggy, dirty blonde hair. “You’ve got investigators aplenty breathing down your neck already,...

“Would if I could, but I can’t so I won’t.” Dimitri responded, his voice finding his lips all too easily. He eyed the gnawing shadows as they curled about the room. His only visible response was to scratch his beard. It emitted a crinkling sound, as if exceptionally dry. “I don’t know anything. I’d ...

“Not a thing.” Dimitri responded, his face slightly bloodied by Andras’ gauntleted first. “So I took to my usual policy regarding Morrington dogs and my idiot brother. Deny everything, pretend we haven’t met.” “Good man” Andras growled under his breath. Dimitri glanced upwards and craned his head aw...

Andras shifted uneasily. Dimitri continued in his silence. “Lavelle is a poison. I knew it from the moment she entered Dum’s life. Today was proof. She came to me with a message, saying that Morringtons and you lot would be knocking down my door.” He looked behind Andras, squinting at the unlocked d...

Andras crept up to the door. Creeping was not the forte of a man his size; the floorboards voiced their complaints through disconcerting creaks. He froze in place and listened, but heard no reaction from the other room. Taking a place opposite that of Haneul, Andras began to reach for the doorknob. ...

“I don’t know,” Andras replied. His features were imperceptible beneath the bloody sack mask, but his voice was grim and low. “But it’s the only lead we’ve got. C’mon.” Andras averted his eyes from the window so as not to spoil his acclimation to the darkness. What little he could see was in danger ...

Andras glared up at her, a small amount of his fire returned to him. If he could express any view on Haneul at this moment, the nameless terror in his gut would have forced him to denounce her for gross incompetence. First the magic, and now she couldn’t get the bloody lantern going. Instead of expr...

Andras pulled her up to the horse and almost threw her arm around his waist before he set the horse in motion. Her body pressed against his back out of necessity. If Andras had a shred of attention dedicated to her, he might have taken the moment to mock the intimacy of the position. Instead he shuf...

The knife felt surprisingly heavy on Andras’ wrist. He had killed marks before -you couldn’t beat men upside the head with blackjacks for a living and expect all of them to live- but that had always been an accident. Andras didn’t concern himself with guilt over events he hadn’t intended to cause. A...

Andras peered around their corner, looking at the street from the backyard. The rain obscured them well enough that he got a solid glance at their rival. He wore a thick grey cowl to protect him from the weather, and had marched up to Dum’s door. Unlike the two paragon agents, he clearly didn’t feel...

“Shut your trap.” Andras replied, shoving the book back onto the shelf. Raising his voice so that Haneul could hear him as she retreated, he continued. “If he’s with Lavelle, we need to be able to track him before the Morringtons do. That means evidence, and fast.” Andras contemplated his surroundin...

Andras nodded in agreement at the puddles forming on the ground, “Might as well make it a robbery, then.” He said with a smirk. He grabbed the gaudiest of the trinkets and shoved it into the half-empty bag of weaponry. Following Haneul up the stairs, as he went through the hall snatching whatever tr...

Andras watched, mouth agape, as Haneul tried to hide an entire crossbow under her cloak. When she seemed content with her work, Andras slapped his gloved hand against his face and said, “Let’s just get this over with.” Openly carrying may be perfectly legal in Marn, but that in no way meant that car...