INDIGO (RISE OF CRIMSON)

CHAPTER 66

Gabriel gestured to the dusty stairs. “You might want to sit down first.”

“No, thank you. I think I’m okay where I am.”

“All right.” He set the candle on the floor, thenleaned casually back against the wooden crates, his expressionthoughtful. “I wonder if you’ve ever met Marcus’s brother,Miles?”

Marcus had only spoken of his brother on a handfulof occasions, and always with pity and regret. They’d technicallygone to school together, but he’d been a year or two younger andshe couldn’t remember having ever interacted with him. “No.”

“Miles is the younger of the brothers, and not the smarter. He was too inquisitive for his own good and discovered thesecret of someone... someone very powerful.” He grimaced and then relented, as though being completely vague would be too hard. “Someone very powerful who i once knew, His name was Ellish. Miles confronted him and, needless to say, it wasn’t well received. In order to guarantee that Mi