The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Author:Jennifer Lynn Barnes [LYNN BARNES, JENNIFER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2023-08-29T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 51
JAMESON
Jameson awoke on a cold, hard floor. He gasped and tried to sit up. The darkness around the edges of his vision threatened to become absolute. He didnât let it. Slowly, the blackness receded, and the room came into focusâstarting with Avery.
She crouched beside him, her hands gently cupping his head. âYouâre awake.â
The sound of her voice was all it took for the memory of the events that had led him here to come flooding back. Welcome to the Game, Mr. Hawthorne.
A realization accompanied that memory: the pockets of his tuxedo jacket were empty. No wallet, no cell phone. Cut off from the outside world.
âWhere are we?â he asked Avery, as he climbed to his feet. âWhat time is it?â
âEarly morning, just after dawn.â Averyâs answer came as his brain finally registered the scene around them: walls made of heavy gray-and-brown stone, wood paneling on the ceiling, moldings painted gold and blue. âAnd weâre at Vantage.â
If Jamesonâs brain had begun noting the details of this place before, it drank them in now. The room was long and thin and looked like it could have belonged in the castle that Ian had said that Vantage wasnât, exactly. The stone of the walls looked like the stuff of ancient fortresses; the detailing on the ceiling looked like it belonged in a palace. There was an elaborate X directly over the center of the room, with squares positioned to look like diamonds on either side. Inside each of the diamonds, there was a shield; on the shield, symbols, all in shades of gold and blue.
Aside from that detailing, the room was devoid of decoration. The stone walls were imposing, and Jameson counted only five places in the room where stone gave way to something else: two windows, one door, a fireplace cut into the stone, and, beside it, a second cut-out, equal in size and shape to the door, filled a third of the way up with firewood.
The only piece of furniture in the entire room was a long, heavy table made of dark, shining wood. The table was rectangular, plain. There were no chairs, which would explain why most of the people in the room were standing.
The other players, Jamesonâs brain whispered as he registered their presence. Only three, besides Avery and me. It was never too early to take stock of the competition.
Jameson recognized Branford and Zella, who stood on opposite sides of the table. To their left, he saw a woman gazing out one of the windows, her back to them all. The womanâs hair was silvery gray. She wore a white pantsuit, and the fact that it was immaculate made Jameson wonder how she had managed to avoid the knock-out treatment.
Maybe sheâs someone even the Proprietor of the Devilâs Mercy wouldnât dare knock out.
With that thought, Jameson shifted his gaze from the woman to the opposite window, where Rohan sat on the stone sill. There were no curtains on the window, no adornments of any kind, just the
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