Earthly Desires

Emerald Joh Jonson part 2

“You can’t fool me,” Emerald Joh said, his voice low and sharp as he stepped closer to Monica. “You received a visitor the other night, didn’t you?”

Monica’s face blanched. She swallowed hard, trying to steady her voice. “The only visitor I’ve received is the slave you sent to my room when I arrived.”

Emerald Joh’s eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint in their depths. “Do not lie to me,” he said, and for a moment, the shadows in the room seemed to thicken around them, pressing in from all sides.