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“Your Highness. Please, forgive us. We weren’t aware you had left your chambers.”
The dark haired one, peeked up, but he couldn’t hide his fear. He was nervous.
“Stand.”
Marko blinked rapidly, but never lost the authority he projected as his eyes faded back to normal. I knew he was somehow still keeping us hidden, and the talent amazed me.
“Your Highness—”
At Marko’s hand lifting, the blond snapped his mouth shut.
“Let me ask you a question. It a simple question, but the answer will not be an easy one.”
At his pause both men nodded.
“Who am I?”
The dark haired one looked over at his partner, only to return. “You’re King Marko Delacroix. You’re our leader.”
Marko smiled but it was far from happy. “Wrong. I am King Marko Delacroix, but I am not your leader. Not yet.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Let me ask you a question, Fernand. You just came from Axis, correct?”
The dark haired vampire stole a glance at the blond, once again, and nodded. “We did. This is our territory we were assigned to search.”
“And you say I was in my chambers, reading books. Yes?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“If I confide something in you, can you keep your word to be honorable to my request?”
“I can. On my life,” he said proudly.
“And you?”
Marko glanced at the blond who eagerly nodded his head.
“I will. To the death.”
Marko flicked his wrist and the men’s eyes widened as their heads snapped in our direction. Confusion had their mouths opening, only to close.
“Fernand. I ask that you go back to Axis and knock on the door you believe me to be in. You will probably get yelled at to leave, but I don’t want you to until the door opens and you come face to face with who you’re speaking with. He’ll ask what you want and I don’t care what you say, but you’re not to speak one word of what you just saw here in this house. After all is settled, I want you to come back to me. So you can believe I’m not playing a trick on you, I want Adam, here, to stay at my side. You trust him?”
Fernand’s head turned to the other enforcer. “Yes. I trust him.”
“Good. Now go and tell me who is behind that door.”
Marko’s hands clasped and Fernand’s gaze came right to mine before he vanished completely.
“What’s this about? Who’s behind the door?” Adam swallowed hard. “And I thought the queen was missing. But you have her? She’s here, and so is The Black Prince.”
“Patience, Adam. You trust Fernand?
“Yes, Master.”
“Then soon you will know.”
