As if to make her night complete, she ran into Verchiel just inside the Executioner block.
"Good evening," he said cheerfully.
"I thought you were gone," Griselda snapped. After Philip, she didn't have the patience for this.
"I'm back. I hope Valerie didn't cause you any undue stress in my absence." He batted his eyes innocently.
"If you mean your stupid human, then no, she's been too busy in someone else's bed to bother Sergei. Probably Philip's."
A frown flickered over Verchiel's face, quickly replaced by his usual clown-ish smile. "She's moving up to seducing Executioners? Good for her."
"If you believe a word Philip says. He's as full of lies as everyone else."
"That's not very nice," Verchiel said. "And especially about your fellow Executioners. We're like a family-"
"A pack
