" I have been trying to tell you there is no AgK32 here. We exhausted it yesterday. Due to the rush, I left a sample in my lab in Hayland. It is in the safe of my office. I forgot to bring it along. They can administer that to him before bringing him here," he said, and I hugged Erik tightly. I shou

Susan was sitting close to Devin and holding on for dear life. We could all relate. I knew we would not be invited to join the battle. However hard we tried to push, our men would not allow it, which was for a good reason. Someone had to be here for the sake of our children. Who better to protect o

Melvin struggled to open his good eye, and when he finally did, I asked him to stand up. Though in chains, he was able to move freely. "Your majesty," he said with a raspy voice. His throat was dry, so I called a kappa to bring him water. I wasn't being kind, but he needed to be able to speak. I wa

"So you called me to tell me all of this. Why not just do it?" I asked, and he laughed. "I like your confidence. But you won't be confident when I am through. We were royalty, and Dimitri took it all. Wiped us out from history as if we never existed. Covered his father's crimes and made us extinct.

"Ladies, let us leave. We have work to do," Tamia said, and I was grateful that she was taking charge. She walked towards me, and I noticed she had been crying. Her tears were still falling. "Please make sure they help him. No one deserves this. He did nothing. His only crime was loving your mothe