CHAPTER 12

  Elena's POV

  "I want the bastard dead in order to protect my people." Dad walked towards Bastiana and bent low to maintain eye contact with her.

  "And you want him gone to secure your position." Dad tucked some strands of her hair behind her ears.

  "So you see my dear old witch, we both want the same thing so why not come together to aid this fight?" Dad stretched his palm towards her.

  "After ending this saga I don't want to ever have anything to do with vampires that have the blood of many on their hands." She eyed Dad's hand.

  "Absolutely. Not like you will be useful to us afterward." Hilda said with the roll of her eyes.

  "So what do you say, witch?" I bit my lips in anticipation. I hope we were able to convince her and she wouldn't put up more of a fight.

  The silence was deafening and our eyes were trained on Bastiana who stared at us with conflicting eyes. I could swear she was busy analyzing things and was probably planning to snatch our hearts from our ribs.