My Sweetest Revenge: Sleeping with the Alpha King
Across the low mahogany table, Lord Valerius nursed a crystal glass of synthetic type-O blood, looking more stressed than I had ever seen him.
"You're vibrating, Valerius," Killian noted, his deep voice breaking the rhythmic clacking of the train wheels. "If you spill that on my wife's shoes, I'm throwing you out the window."
"The Progenitors are ancient, Killian. They don't fight with honor; they fight with blood magic that has been outlawed for a millennium," Valerius murmured, staring into his glass. "I can't shake the feeling that they know we are on this train."