Esme Tears fall from my eyes as I stare out the large, arched window in my mate’s study. I am so scared. I have never been this afraid in all my life. I knew only a member of my immediate family could have gotten past Lyasus. There was no one else who could have hidden Ava’s locket within Lyasus’ sanctuary. Just because Philip’s great-grandmother was a Vampire, that doesn’t mean he could get to Lyasus without her killing him. However, it did mean that he could walk into Vampire territory without any problems. I promised Ava I would find out who helped Philip, but I never imagined it would have been my son. My baby helped that monster without realizing what he was doing. How could he? AJ is just ten years old. He’s not of an age, even for a Vampire, to understand that even people you