It was difficult getting away from her mother. But there were times when having your daughters around made entertaining oneself difficult. If you were entertaining yourself with a person, you should be with in an entertainment like this. Tatiana’s mother dropped her daughters like a hot potato when her love made it to court. Now was a perfect time for Tatiana to have her way with things. Her plans today were to contact her own lover and talk about their lovely plans for the near future. Lucia Hocks, leader of the Blood Traitor’s Network, was Tatiana’s lover and to Tatiana, they were fated mates. Perfect in every way. Even their goals in life lined up. Lucia made Tatiana feel like she was already the empress and Lucia was her consort. Tatiana slipped from the hidden door in the far garden and walked into town. It took her time to get to where she was going to meet Lucia. Because she needed to keep

George watched Ana pack her own belongings. It shouldn’t have surprised him she would do this. He stayed there to assist with supervision of the removal of the packed items for her. He’d never get bored with watching her move. She didn’t flutter or tiptoe about like most at court. He never understood why the vampiress’ at court thought it necessary to act flighty and he wouldn’t believe that they were that simple. None of them would survive with how innocent they pretended to be. Ana, he didn’t believe that name fit her as well as her full name. It felt too soft and weak for the strong and graceful vampiress who battled closing a trunk of clothing at this moment. He couldn’t stop his indulgent smile as he heard her quietly curse the thing out. George found it adorable. He liked everything about her, even her cursing and temper. “I will say this again, George. I can do this by myself. I don’t need supervision or pr

Adriana met George an hour later at her apartment door and with an umbrella in hand, George escorted her to the Phantom and opened the door for her to enter. “I think this is the first time I’ve had the chance to ride in a car.” “Yes, well, this is the New Phantom. They only arrived on the market. It’s supposed to be greatly improved from the Silver Ghost model. So it should be an entirely new experience.” George stated as he closed the umbrella with a shake and followed her into the limousine’s dark interior. George knocked on the partition between the driver and them. A moment later, they were moving. Adriana’s eyes were wide in surprise as their speed steadily built. “Well, I didn’t expect it to go this fast. We’ll be there in no time. Why didn’t someone think of making something like this before?” George couldn’t help but smile. He’d been able to acquire the vehicle through a channel, somethi

George finally found a sheltered overhang to a building, but not before the rain finally came to a stop. He needed to look at her injury without the rain and with something more than the moonlight. He winced as soon as he saw her temple. The accident happened several minutes ago, and Ana hadn’t healed yet. George knew this wasn’t good. She probably didn’t feed regularly in the last few weeks because Mary wasn’t there with her. Food and drink laced with blood could sustain them for a short time, but it did nothing for them if they were injured. She needed more blood to heal. There were no humans near George was aware of and their driver wasn’t any benefit, as he was dead. George couldn’t be upset at the driver for being so fragile. But currently, his death created more difficulties. Now he wasn’t sure by the vacant look in her eyes if he could get her to their new residence and their feeders there. A phone would help, but the one he

Now she understood what the stories meant when they spoke of an obsessive fascination with the vampire you drank from. She could feel his emotions, and all she wanted to do was thank him for caring. Ana felt like he was the first person she’d ever had in her corner. It felt eye opening, the concern he felt over so much. It felt so heavy and weighing down, that hurt her heart to know that. Someone she could trust that wasn’t something she’d squander lightly. “Ambassador, I have Heidi here to help get you to your new rooms. She says everything is ready for you. I must go deal with a security issue before I can retire for the night. I’ll look in on you after I’m done.” Heidi gave George an odd look. It wasn’t appropriate for him to do that. But at this point, he needed to know that she was safe and looked after properly. George gave Heidi the look to just go with him on this. She could believe he was lying about it. Or she could repor