*Xander* I was f*****g exhausted. There was no way around it. Three days had passed, and I didn't think I'd slept even once. First, Zeke and I had to fill Oliver in on everything that was happening in the Vampire realm, the Realm of Night. Second, Zeke had to lead us to King Nikolas's castle, which had taken two nights' worth of a trek. Lastly, I had to convince him to storm the castle with Oliver and me and free not only the enslaved people who lived in the castle, but also Lena. Now I was laying flat on my back in the grass, trying my hardest to stay awake so I could take in every single word Andromeda, a High Vampire who was also, apparently, a witch, said to Lena. I just wanted to sleep. I wanted to eat something, and I wanted to sleep, and I wanted to get the hell out of there an