She studied me with her eyes from top to bottom. “I see you’re not wasting any time,” she said almost silently with a wicked smile forming on her lips.
“I asked, what do you want here. This is our territory.” My teeth were shut close as I was saying that. My blood was slowly but steadily boiling in my veins, making me furious.
“Your territory? Then you should have seen the things coming. Looks like your shaman’s powers aren’t as good as they used to be. I’m Lucia. I am not an acquaintance of James. In fact, we kind of don’t like each other,” her voice was soft but at the same time sounded like a thousand venomous needles to my ears.
“What do you want,” I asked again, trying to calm myself down. There might have been space for negotiation here. Maybe she could tell me mor
