Dagger of the Blood Moon
"Okay, so you have the pureblood magic and the Sovereign crown. But wait. If you’re the King, why is Julian the Head of the Council? Is he older than you?"
"He is," Alarick nodded, his tone shifting into something deeply respectful. "Vampiric society operates on a strict, almost primal reverence for age. The older a vampire is, the stronger they become physically. There is a threshold, of course—the true ancients, like the four-thousand-year-old Egyptian vampires, have entirely lost their sanity and sleep in the deep sands. But Julian is older than Silas and myself, and his mind remains immaculate."
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