Anja

I hadn’t heard Brody come into the room, but he’s certainly made his presence known since. “What have you done to my father?”

“Brody, stand down,” Leopold waves his hand at his son.

“Stand down? She was banished from Kulumi and ended up the damn Queen of Zidiah.”

Leopold narrows his eyes, confused by what Brody just said about me being banished from Kulumi. But of course, he would be.

“Does the King know she’s here? Or should we be expecting Orrin Dalgaard to bring war down on us?”

I get to my feet.

Brody is no threat to me, but I won’t have him stand over me, trying to intimidate me.

“Orrin knows that I’m here, Brody. No, he wasn’t happy about it, but when I explained why I needed to come, he took a step back.”

“Why are you here?” The man who used to be my best friend grinds between his teeth.

I take a deep breath before using my vampiric ability to wipe Brody’s memories of who I was to him, just as I did with Leopold.

I then explain everything to Brody. Every little thing I told Leo