Chapter 28

Luthias stayed with me in my rooms until Gwendoline returned the following day. She brought with her very sad news.  Not only had she not been able to locate -or even sense- Geo while scrying, but she’d heard word that Barthomew’s army was a three-day march away from Vampire Land.  A battle was inevitable.

Luthias called for an assembly of warriors and we met them in the great hall. Although I knew I needed to address them, I was finding it difficult to think.  News of Geo’s complete disappearance and concern for his life was all I could think of.  It took some heavy duty lecturing on Gwendoline’s part to snap me out of panic mode.

Although she was worried about Geo, she was equally concerned about Luthias.  She took me aside and quietly informed me that I’d only stated my plans to wed Luthias before her, Luthias, and Pierre.  Therefore, although it would probably rip Luthias’s heart out, I still had tim