CHAPTER 88

  Lucien:

  "Wait!"

  "No, we attack first!"

  "What? And go begging like pups for Dhoom's mercy? In your dreams, Alex!"

  "Oh, and you'd rather get our asses whipped on the first day, Valentin?" Alexander slammed his hands angrily on my new desk, the old on having been long broken in my last fit of rage.

  Valentin glared at him, and while being significantly shorter, he was also significantly much more intimidating than Alexander was.

  I leaned against the tall lamp behind my desk, studying the warriors who had assembled into my office carefully. I realized now that leaving either of the two men in charge was a horrible decision. They acted on impulse rather than to think their situation through clearly.