Chapter 68

“—but your arrogance has cost the vampyre community too much. Disobey me at your peril.”

“But Highness—”

“If Terese were not my favorite sister, and had she not a fondness for you, I would have seen your talisman seized long before this.”

In spite of himself, de Vivar cupped his palm protectively around the cylindrical-shaped pendant that dangled from his neck. “Highness, indeed I’ve no idea what you mean. It is true that Terese turned me, but if she had any fondness for me, would she not have taken me as her consort?” He would have acceded to that minor position, certain in time he would have become king, but the bitch hadn’t even suggested it. Instead, she’d left him for a so-called born vampyre.

“I will not trade words with you, and I will not warn you again.” The Rege’seyes glowed red. “Leave!”