Chapter 194 - Mason

I was getting very frustrated. It was almost mid-morning and no one was yet up and around. How could these people be so lazy that they didn't start their days until the noon sun had already crested the sky?

"Idiots infantile," I muttered again as I searched through the cool box that held the food. Or was supposed to hold the food.

Taryk had told me last night before I went to my stone form that the ‘fridge' was next to the conference room and to help myself. Except for a wash of cold air, there was nothing to be had. Unless he thought I ate coated metal and glass for meals.

Except for the brief burst of magic from one of the Directs, the night had been peaceful. I had run the Direct off and nothing else had bothered my new domicile. I'd forgotten how exciting it was to keep watch. To know I guarded the inhabitants with nothing but my magic, my wits, and my cunning.

And just my luck, these inhabitants were bâtards paresseux. While we were in Faery, they had seemed noble and h