“You should be careful of the shadows and lies this place holds. You should leave while you can.” She paused, an icy look filling her eyes that had Rhia shivering. “You’ve been warned, girl.”
Rhia pulled back as if slapped across the face.
She counted on this place having secrets.
She hardened her tone. “I can handle my own.”
Indigo’s expression turned eerily grim. “Have it your way.”
Rhia opened her mouth, but a knock came at the door and they both paused.
Rhia wanted to reassure her friend, but all she could do was offer a smile that came nowhere near her true feelings on the subject. With a little more force than she intended, she offered the only reply that did offer a hint of shock at Indigo’s words.
“I promise to be careful.”
“It doesn’t matter much now.” Indigo thrust the dress and shoes into Rhia’s waiting arms. “He said the men will wait for you.” And with that, she left.
Keeping the enemy close just earned a whole new meaning in her book. If Adryan caught wind of her new job title, he’d personally see to it that her brothers found her and showed up on Haven’s front steps.
It didn’t take long for her to transform from risqué to elegant as she shimmied into Indigo’s midnight blue evening gown with a wide cutout back and a deep V-neck that revealed more cleavage than she was accustomed to. With a few twists and tucks, she had her curls under control with a French twist, leaving wispy strands to tease her shoulders.
Rhia stared into the mirror, barely recognizing the woman staring back. “Well, Rhia. You’re right where you wanted to be. In the Devil’s playpen. Now it’s a game of who gets condemned first.”