Chapter 1
Everyone always thought there were two kinds of vampyres: those who were born and were considered royalty among their community, and those who were turned and weren’t.
And surprised wasn’t the word for the reaction when Ioan Mic and his twin Aurel arrived on the scene They were half-bloods—only one parent was a vampyre, while the other was a sabor, one of those highly valued beings whose blood was good for whatever might ail a vampyre.
Ioan knew neither he nor Aurel would ever become vampyre king. For one thing, they weren’t pureblood vampyres, so they’d have to be satisfied with simply being dukes, like their Uncle Adam, even though both Adam’s parents were vampyre.
For another, well, see the first thing.
It didn’t matter that their mother was the present vampyre king’s dau
