Stefan took a deep breath. “Pretty good. I like it a lot.”

“Heh, heh! Good. You’d be letting me down if you didn’t. I put a lot of effort into preparing it.”

Stefan instantly cut off the person. “Who are you? What do you want?”

“Who am I?”

The person lightly chuckled.

“I’m just an ordinary person. The Smalt Sect wanted you dead—Amos was supposed to make the call… But he’s probably scared witless because of Harvey at this point.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll have to force him to do the dirty work.

“I’m giving you two choices. Either you end your own life here… Or I come to you and finish the job myself.

“Would you be willing to save me some energy?”

Stefan was dead silent for a moment. “You’re from Evermore?”

“Smart man!”

The person burst out laughing, holding his hands together.

“You must be intelligent enough to figure out my identity. It’s always refreshing to talk to someone of your caliber.”

Stefan took another deep breath. “No matter what Amos promised you, I can dou