ALDRIC

The truth is, all this sentimentality irritates me. I only lower my guard with my woman, but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel it for real.

“I’ll draft a manuscript for you to deliver to Beof. By now, he should be at the western borders. We need to meet, and on your way, find out the situation at the Vampire King’s castle,” we start planning.

Quinn’s eyes never leave the door; his mind is never truly focused on the conversation.

I understand him perfectly.

For a man of our kind, his mate is