"So, why wasn't I offered his seat on the Council?"
"Because ... you're a Third. No Third has ever been strong enough to defeat a Council member, so we deemed it an accidental killing, which allowed for Johan's Second to take his place. I'm so sorry."
I waved away his apology. "So what am I if not a Council member? I mean, what will be my role in this … Vampire nation?"
Tony's eyes hooded. "The lowest ranked on the totem pole."
I frowned feeling slightly ill. "Tell me what it means to be the lowest on the totem pole, and please be completely honest."
"It would mean that you are the last to be considered and the first to be sacrificed. You have no voice in disputes. A Second will always be above you. You would be watched to make sure you don't mingle too closely with the humans because
