The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and..

Heart pounding, I stared into the darkness, telling
myself that I was in Spessa’s End. I wasn’t trapped in
Lockswood, alone and—
My breath caught. “I wasn’t alone.”
“What?”
I swallowed, my throat sore. “There was someone else
in that kitchen where I was hiding in the cupboard. Someone
my mother knew. I know she did.”
“Alastir—”
“No,” I whispered hoarsely, shaking my head. “It was
someone else. He was like…like a shadow, dressed in
black.” I twisted in Casteel’s embrace, barely making out his
features in the darkness. “He was dressed like the Dark
One.”