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I ll speak with King Rylan and Alpha Caven along with my other mate, a wolf elder, to let them know
this is how you feel.
 We ll pull our resources and only aid those vampires who appreciate our help and see us as
equals. You re not only harboring the mastermind but he s the head of your Council. You re all fools
and you will end up dead. We warned you. We tried to help you. We ve gone above and beyond and I
only feel sorry for your people who you will have failed. I gasped and she nodded, having caught the
same thought as I did.
 What? Desmond asked.
 Dubois wants us gone, let us leave, she said instead.
 What are you not telling us? Elena s tone was gentle and her eyes begged the Queen to tell
her.  Please, Magdalena. There are innocents here. Why did he call this meeting? What does he have
planned?
She sighed, shaking her head as she glanced at me.  There are hundreds of demons on the way.
That s why he brought them here. He wants to slaughter them all. There s going to be an attack on the
palace as well. He thought to kill them all at the same time so he can set up Paris as demon central
and stop hiding.
 Outrageous! the man Desmond had called Andrew shouted.
 How long? Desmond asked, ignoring the man.
 Why? the Queen snarled.  Why should we care? They treat you like an underling because you
were a warrior and us even worse. Let them be killed and their bigotry die with them! They re
protecting the man who killed my mate!
 Because there are good men and women who will die defending them, Elena whispered with
tears in her eyes.  And my mate won t leave them to that fate and I won t leave him. Please.
 I d say we have ten minutes, I answered.
 Can you open more than one portal? Desmond asked before glancing at Barnabas.  Get Virgil.
He can boost your power. Start teleporting warriors from the compound after my sons get here.
 No! My grandson leaves and stays safe, Magdalena growled.  I will handle this.
 My Queen, let him teleport more help, I said gently.  He can leave the moment trouble is
close. I will open a portal to Greece and get reinforcements to the palace.
 Fine, but then I quit, she mumbled.
 I need to see where I m going, I said loudly.  Who has been to the palace? Desmond, call
Caleb.
 Already on it, he told me as he pointed to his phone.  Find me a sword.
 You can t be serious, another Councilman drawled.
 I ve been to the palace, a warrior said as he came over.  What do you need?
 You are not to assist them!
 Blow me, the warrior snapped.  Dubois is a leech and a crook. If you didn t have your nose
so far up his ass you d see that. I never thought he d go so far to consort with demons but he is not the
good guy. Besides, I m not a bigot. A Queen has told us there is a threat and as a warrior who
protects my King I will do whatever is necessary to keep him safe!
 Oh, I like you, I chuckled.  Show me the palace in your mind. I will open a portal there and
then one to Greece to get the people we need there in time. Once I had it, I did just that. The warriors
at the palace were a lot more receptive to what we said. It seemed the King was friends with Caleb
and believed what was going on about Dubois. The Council were the only idiots here then.
Once I opened the portal to Greece, I was never so happy to see Lovis, another warrior I knew
who was a few centuries older than me.
 I can handle this side of the battle from here, my old friend, he said firmly.  I will keep the
portal open with my magic and then return us home. Defend our Queen and keep her safe.
 If she ll let me, I chuckled. We clasped forearms and then I found the vampire I d brought
with me from Paris before opening another portal back to where we d started. As we stepped through
it, I was glad to see a lot more familiar faces.
 Why are you back here? Baylor asked me.  What happened?
 Lovis is in Greece, I chuckled.  I hadn t known he was staying with King Caleb.
 Oh, he s all over that battle then. Baylor shook his head in mirth. After our last fight at the
Diaz castle, I d heard that Lovis had called our other friend, Brio, and chewed the man out for not
letting him know there was finally action he could have gotten in on.
Yes, we were a weird bunch.
 We have demons charging the gates! someone shouted into a radio the vampire who had
helped us held.  There are a lot of them. What do we do?
 Fall back into the main ballroom, he ordered.  Everyone to the main ballroom now! He
glanced at the Queen.  Thank you. I did not want to die today and most do not feel as these idiots do.
There are good men and women here.
 I m sorry your leaders aren t better people then, she said sadly. Then she turned to the other
Council members.  Now do you believe me? Do you need any more evidence? Can I kill Dubois? [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]