She had proved her worth time and time again.
Even if her price was steep.
The hairs on my arms prickled as the magic continued to wrap around me, my hair blowing in the wind.
Keziq took in a sharp breath, her eyes popping open. “It is done.”
I narrowed my gaze at the dark castle looming in front of us. “The castle will crumble easily now.”
Lennox Adair and that mate of hers thought they could turn Lethenia against me. Wage a war againstme.The news had reached us as we traveled. Thepowerfulspeech she gave her people.
All a bunch of shit.
I scoffed. If war was what she wanted, war was what she’d get. I raised my fist. “FOR THE PANATEIA!”
“FOR THE PANATEIA,” the crowd roared behind me.
The guards at the gate didn’t see us coming. They barely had time to turn their heads before they were severed from their bodies.
Their blood pooled on the cobblestones and splattered across my chest and face. I wiped it off with the back of my arm, not sparing their bodies a second glance as I strolled into the Blood Court palace.
They were vampires after all.
They deserved their death.
In the early morning hour, there were only a few palace staff milling around inside the palace. Their screams echoed through the empty foyer as they met their deaths.
“Call the guards.” I turned toward the male’s voice, my eyes catching on the tall male ushering a group of females down a hallway.
My boots clacked on the floor as I made my way to the male.
He stood tall as he faced me, his shoulders straight, his long black hair skimming down his back. He held the sword in his hand tightly, but I saw the tremor in his grip.
“Who are you?” He held his chin high.
I stopped a few feet in front of him, letting myself smile. “I’m Adreona, I assume you’ve heard of me.” The male raised his sword as I took another step toward him. “I’m the cold, cruel bitch whokidnappedthe High Queen.”Kidnapped. She gave herself over to me, yet she spread that lie across the continent.
“And who are you?”
“Warren, my name is Warren.” There was a quiver in the male’s voice now.Good,he should fear me. “What do you want?”
“I want vampires eliminated.” I tilted my head. “And I want the crown.”
Blood spurted from the male’s mouth before his lips could form another word. He brought his hands to his neck,but it was too late. Damla’s sword had already sliced through his neck. He fell to the ground with a thud.
“You couldn’t have waited until he wasn’t standing in front of me?”
I wiped the blood from my chest with my cloak.
My fangs ached. I took a deep breath through my nose. I made an effort to stretch as long as I could between feedings, but with the thrumming in my veins at the scent of the males blood, I knew I couldn’t go much longer.
“This is an invasion.” I turned my attention back to Damla, ignoring the sudden hunger coursing through my veins. “Blood will spray where it wants to.”
“Next time, at least give me a warning.”
I stepped over the male’s body, his lips still sputtered as blood leaked from his neck.
“Where’s Lorenzo?”
