Chapter 160
Yes, Matthew had mistaken her for April, his first and only love, but it hadn’t taken him long to see how very different the girl and the thing were. He just thanked God he’d never given in to her flattery. Grandfather would have been disappointed in him, and how could he live with himself knowing he’d…been intimate with one of those things
He ground his teeth and flexed his fingers. One of these days, he’d find something sharp and deal with de Vivar.
Then he’d remove the boards covering every window in this place. That would give the thingswho dwelled here a nasty shock.
And once that was done, he’d go after the monster and take it apart with his bare hands.
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Matthew sat huddled in the shadows. It was night now, but earlier he’d managed to loosen a number of boards that covered the windows and get back inside the mansion before any of the things rose. Smug bastards, thinking he’d stay cowering in a corner until Benito came to bring him to de Vivar.