Chapter 46

Jasper

The sleep that had been wanting to engulf me flew out of the window when I heard him.

What the hell was my brother plotting?

“Kill the Vampire lord?”

I repeated, wanting to ensure that I was not hearing things.

Edriel shrugged, “Killing would maybe be taking things a bit too far, but subduing him maybe?”

I scoffed.

My brother had lost it.

I slid the sheets aside and looked at him pointedly, furrowing my eyebrows.

"What do you really want, Edriel?”

My gaze was sharp, piercing and though he was elder than me, I knew I could make him uneasy.

He was jealous of me since childhood but knew better than to mess with me a lot. But he would get his satisfaction in little things such as getting a rise out of me.

A way to boost his ego, I guess.

And as long as it was harmless and just borderline annoying, I would let him.

He was family after all, or whatever was left of it.

“I want to be the next King, Jasper. Simple as that”

Edriel answered and I shook my head. My eldest brother was not