Horus walked into the room and headed over to a small desk that had an assortment of bottles and glasses arranged on top of it. He took one of the clear glass bottles from the middle of the arrangement, filled roughly halfway with a brownish liquid, and pulled the top off. He swirled the liquid as he pulled over a small glass cup. He tipped the bottle so that the liquid started to fill the cup. It was almost filled to the brim before he stopped pouring, replaced the top on the bottom, and placed it back with the others. He took the glass with him as he sat on the edge of the bed and crossed his legs. He glanced at the scared little girl in the corner, raised his glass to her and downed the beverage. He held the glass in front of his face, observing it as he talked to Evangeline.

[i]“I’m afraid that Azrael won’t be walking through that door. You see, he already paid me a little visit.”[/i]

He raised his eyebrow and cast a look at the girl, trying to gauge her reactions to what he said.

[i]“Oh yes, he left without making much of a fuss. Came back with Raleigh not too long ago, you see I had another little job for them to do whilst May brought you to me. After he got the money I offered him he went off to another city to fulfil his needs, suffice to say, you won’t be seeing him ever again.”[/i]

He smiled wickedly at the child.

[i]“But don’t worry about all the little things, you can have plenty of fun with me, I’ve got lots of things to teach you.”[/i]