Chapter 145: Help from Trenholm?

Ariana POV

While on a video chat with King Laurent and Queen Mathilde, Ariana felt butterflies in her stomach. Asking her long-lost grandparents for help defending her vampire kingdom, their tormentors, from another vampire kingdom? A really big ask.

Queen Mathilde looked just like Ariana and Amalia, except her strawberry blonde hair had a frosting of silver in it. "Ariana, dearest, we'd be happy to help you--"

"I'm thrilled to hear it. Because if Luc retakes Merak and kills Dimitri, Irina, and me, Trenholm is even less safe than before," Ariana said, not mincing words. "He'll re-install his parents on the throne and Merak and Lammas will crush Trenholm."

Irina's lips formed an "O" shape, and she gave Ariana an admiring glance. Fortunately, she had chosen to sit on the sidelines, so Ariana's grandparents couldn't see her.