Daphne's smile did nothing to make her more attractive and I could tell from Adam's uncomfortable reaction her arrival and immediate focus on me had his back up. Kael lurked by the door while my sister took a step into the room, sweeping it with judgmental eyes.
"Well, well," she said in her irritatingly sweet voice. "Eve and a mortal boy." She made a moue with her full lips while the young man in the bed looked briefly startled, then blank. I knew that look. Kael or Daphne-or both-made sure Adam heard but ignored the term "mortal". Though I had no doubt the emotion behind the insult was allowed to remain. "Dying, no less. How tragic."
Kael laughed, low and cruel. Adam's face tightened but Daphne ignored him. He might as well have been a plant or a piece of furniture as she stabbed a fin
