It baffled Brandon when Lucien regarded him as an idiot. What kind of idiot would surrender himself without a plan? Brandon thought of everything—from A to Z. He wouldn't have surrendered himself if he knew he would die. Lucien underestimated Brandon's capability to think of a plan. People thought the duty of a Gamma just mainly risked their lives to death to defend the pack. Brandon wasn't just the voice of the pack or the messenger between the Alpha and his people. Wrong. Those were just a fraction of his duty. A Gamma was a strategist just like the Alpha and Beta. He was involved in planning just as much as Cohen and Liam. Brandon didn't become a Gamma just because he was strong. Brute strength would be nothing without intelligence. At this moment, Brand

Brandon stared at the recently taken photos of King Ozigus' Kingdom. Stefano's tracking team did a wonderful reconnaissance around Sovereign and King Galos' Kingdom. Several photos showed Emma Kincaid marching out of her army earlier than expected—and without the presence of her strategist, Lucien de Vicenzo. It looked like nothing would deter the vampire woman from achieving what she wanted.A few minutes later, Vincent reentered the study room, but Clavier and Shadow followed him. Even though Brandon doubted Shadow's loyalty, he trusted Clavier more than the assassin. If Clavier trusted Shadow to be in the study room, nobody could question why."That's..." Shadow's fingers reached for a photo of the army who would be on the frontline of Emma's regime. "...not from the third realm.""Of course it's not," Clavier said. "That's her vampire armies.""The ones we didn't get to kill," Brandon added."Because they were never in our realm, to begin

Celeste blinked in confusion. She shook her head, denying what the man had said to everyone. There was no way she could Ozigus' daughter out of a sudden. Ozigus only had one child, and that child was Princess Henrietta. There couldn't be another child. His other wives couldn't conceive despite their long marriage with him.But as much as Celeste wanted to deny every bit of the man's words, deep inside of her, she could feel the truth in his words. Shadow seemed to trust the man as much as he trusted himself. There was no way the man would lie in front of Shadow, who was clearly had contributed something significant to the Resistance's survival. The Resistance didn't seem the type to dishonor those who sacrificed themselves for their cause. Shadow took a great risk by keeping their survival secret. That secret could have triggered the binding vow.Maybe this was just a dream. Celeste would wake up from it soon. She laughed nervously as she pinched her thigh because it a

Celeste froze on the spot. Bane had transformed into the Master. He looked at her with the same intense eyes that could hold fire for eternity. Her childhood was filled with torments and sadness because her life was held in the hands of the Master. Although she ran away from the orphanage with Leto, she couldn't stop the nightmares from invading her mind every time she slept.She walked backward until her back crashed against Brandon's chest. His arms wrapped around her protectively as if he knew what went on inside her mind. She knew Bane's aura was familiar. She didn't expect him to be the Master all along. By the aura emitted from the Oracle, it seemed she knew the Master and Bane were the same people."It had to be done," the Oracle said to Celeste."By torturing me when I was a little girl?""Celeste.""We're leaving." Celeste turned to the door."You need the army if you want to stop Emma Kincaid," The Master said. Or was it Bane talki

Celeste checked the heavily guarded border of Galos' Kingdom. His army was already stationed around his border, ready to receive their command to proceed with the marching. Celeste didn't want him to march his army out of his Kingdom because she spotted Emma Kincaid's army stationed in the mountains before his border, waiting for the right time to ambush. Ozigus had enough army to take down Galos, but the Sovereign King didn't dare to do it. Now, Emma Kincaid was about to do it. She only stationed a small fraction of the army to attack the Resistance. She lowered her flying, scouting the rest of Emma Kincaid's army to ensure their entry point. Galos' army would have to march through the valley between the two mountains occupied by Emma Kincaid's army. The King's Knights were on the front line. Celeste landed at a branch of the tree, watching closely what Emma Kincaid's army planned to do. They didn't set any camp nearby. Their shoe prints were covered by th