A second later, there was a knock on my door and a booming voice. 'Alexandria?'Seth stilled above me, panting. 'You have got to be freaking kidding me.'Leon knocked again. {...} 'Lucian is requesting your presence immediately.' Another gap of silence followed. 'He is also requesting to see you, Seth.'Seth frowned as the gleam in his eyes faded. 'How in the world does he know I'm in here?''Leon...just knows.' I pushed at him weakly. 'Get off.''I was trying to.
In the story "Deity," a tense moment unfolds as the character Alexandria is interrupted by a knock on her door. It is Seth, who is caught off guard by the unexpected visitor, Leon. Seth's agitation grows as he realizes Leon is relaying a request from Lucian for both Alexandria and Seth to come immediately, which raises questions about how Lucian could be aware of their situation.
Alexandria feels the urgency of...
