Dennise’s POVValentina didn’t bother with subtlety this time.She called me to her study at midnight.The candles were lit in a circle around her, casting long shadows across her face.She was beautiful, elegant, horrifying, and she was in a very good mood.That was never good.“Dennise,” she purred. “I have a special assignment for you.”Special.That was Valentina’s word for bloodbath.I stood with my hands clasped behind my back, calm and unreadable.“Yes, Mistress.”“There is a rogue wolf outpost in the northeast,” she said, tapping her map.“Supposedly a military formation, males, fighters only.”She smiled.A wrong smile.“And they’ve chosen the most idiotic location possible.”I didn’t blink.“Where?”Her smile widened, slow and cruel.“A sacred ceremonial ground.”My stomach tightened.Sacred ground?Wolf ceremonial sites were ancient.Older than clans.Older than human cities.Older than most vampires.The wolves believed their ancestors spoke through the stones and roots
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