Damien shook his head in frustration. "I am mature now and can take my decisions. Your orders are yours to make but as a member of this family and also soon to be a member of the royal cabinet, I am at liberty to choose life for myself. If I don't want to drink from her, I will not. And if Vienna is not comfortable with it, I will not force her."
The girl has no choice, and I do not care what you say. And as for you, you are not going to get this choice for much longer," the queen said. "I will be passing a law in the royal cabinet so that we will no longer have to hide. We won't have to keep slaves, although I do enjoy having them on hand. We will now have to get back to our roots. Enough of this donated blood absurdity. Who wants to drink a transfusion?"
"What do you mean, Mother?" But
