Chapter 10
The Curse's Origin
Dupree reveals that the de Valois were cursed centuries ago for betraying their maker; only a willing mortal bound by love can break the spell.
The rain had stopped, leaving the cobblestones slick and gleaming under the fitful moon. Dupree led me through a labyrinth of alleys I had never noticed before, passages so narrow my shoulders brushed the damp brick on either side. The air smelled of wet stone and rotting flowers, a perfume of decay that seemed to cling to the French Quarter like a second skin.
“Where are you taking me?” I asked, my voice echoing off the close walls.
“Somewhere we can speak without ears,” he replied, not slowing his pace. His coat was threadbare at the elbows, and he walked with a slight limp, as if one leg had been injured long ago and never properly healed.
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