The black SUV moved through the dark like the only thing on the road. No streetlights and no other vehicles. Just the twin beams of the headlights cutting through the black ahead, illuminating a stretch of empty asphalt before surrendering it back to the night, the clouded sky pressing down overhead without offering even the suggestion of stars.
"What did he talk to you about?" Venedikt broke the silence. Andrei leaned forward from the back seat, understanding immediately who was being referenced.
"He wanted to share information on powerful families," Alex answered, his eyes staying on the road ahead. "Magnus is an heir to one such family. Killian and Evangeline are two others, the same two we encountered in the Mythical Beast Island event."
"I remember them." Andrei's voice carried a particular quality, not quite anger, something more patient and more certain than anger. The sound of knuckles cracking filled the cabin.
