Gonzalo P o V “What’s going on with you, Gonzalo? You look like s**t,” Helios asked me. Damn, Helios was more observant than I thought. He has been my best friend and leader for almost 1800 years. I should have known he would notice. He knew me like I knew him. I sighed. “I haven’t been sleeping well. I will do better, Alpha.” “I’m not worried about you doing better. Your work is spotless. You, on the other hand, have dark circles under your eyes. I have heard you running in the middle of the night or in the gym. You haven’t been yourself since you saw Queen Karissa. I know you don’t like talking about it, but maybe it would help if you talked to someone about what happened in Sicily.” Queen Karissa, the Queen of the vampires. That woman had almost destroyed me once 200 years ago and