<span style="font-family:Calligraffitti"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">Chapter Twelve - The Dark of Night</span></span></span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff"><i>Later that Night</i></span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"><br/>
Alexi sank into the plush chair in Lucian’s personal study with a sigh, eyes on the ceiling. He’d had a good night. A fun night. More fun than he’d expected to, since parties were something he usually tried avoiding. But the encounter with the Merfolk woman, the Diviner… and dredging up old thoughts. A woman he’d never gotten to know. So enigmatic even people who might have called her friend didn’t know that she’d passed. He closed his eyes, trying to relax and fighting the urge to reach out for his sister. It would be better to let her sleep. The moment she woke, she’d see what was on his mind and then sleep would be impossible the rest of the night.</span>