CHAPTER 39

“We’ll be leaving tomorrow,” Theo says as he gets under the covers as we’re heading to bed.

“I can't wait to get back. I miss everyone,” I say, getting under the covers too.

“We’re not going home.”

“Where are we going?”

“It's a surprise.”

“A surprise?” I ask, giddy.

“Yes.”

“Where could we be going that would be a surprise to me? Hmm.”

“You’ll see tomorrow,” he says, smiling.

“Okay, good night,” I say, kissing him.

“Good night, mate,” he says when our lips finally part.

***

The following morning Theo and I leave very early. We spend about two hours in the air before landing. We’re in the car on our way to a place only Theo knows what or where it is.

I look away from my window when I hear the driver talking to someone. I look ahead and realize we’re in front of a huge iron gate. It’s as big as the gates of the vampire king's castle.

“State your business here,” the man inside the security post by the gate asks the driver.

“The Alpha King has arrived.”

“Oh, forgive me, my