[It was rare that he fell asleep or even into a light doze in a place that wasn't his room, but the Crow found himself drifting off in a small alcove with a bench. He had settled in to read and the day simply caught up with him. His head is tucked in a corner, tilted slightly back with the book dangling from his fingers. Chase opened his eye one ( Read more... )

[The small library was rather out of the way of main traffic and the state of it showed as much. Cobwebs covered more than one bookcase, dust heavy on some of the uncovered couches, and the fireplace deader than anyone in this place stayed. There was only one candle lit, a taper that had pretty much burned down most of the way and only had an hour' ( Read more... )