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KING LEROY

When I arrived at the castle, I went inside my office and buried myself in reading all the reports and complaints that kept coming every day. A report about a vampire compelled by someone unknown until now: it's been almost eight years, but until now, we couldn't find any lead that would tell us who was behind it.

Over The past seven years, the same incidents happened in the castle that killed twenty of my people, and I felt so helpless and useless, and to add to my worries was my Young mate, who started to doubt me as her mate. She's getting older now, and she slowly understands what mate means, and it adds to her doubt about how the mated couple living with her treated each other. She saw how they were always together, how sweet and caring they were with each other, while I, her mate, was far away from her and had no time for her.

I let out a deep breath, remembering what she said yesterday. I knew she didn'