“No Esmeray?” I whispered to Selene.
“She said her kid was sick.” She answered, never letting the welcoming smile fade from her lips.
Esmeray’s territory bordered both Selene’s and Declan’s, making her absence a lot more worrying. If her husband also joined the vampires…
“Welcome.” I said, when the last girl arrived and bowed for me. My study was filled with more lunas today, though these weren’t ones I liked or the ones who were necessarily very powerful. They had been strategically selected by myself, Kamaria and Selene. Either they bordered Declan’s territory, had existing treaties with vampires or simply housed a lot of the soldiers in Aris’ army.
I realized, as I got to know more lunas, that I was not the only one who had the desire to be more than just an heir-maker and prett
