Esme was chanting to herself after she returned to her cave in the forest that created a boundary between Ancientrova and Valeria.

　　Happy tears coursed down her sagged cheeks as she thought her whereabouts had been successful. After the Hybrid Werewolf King Lucas Conroy ignored her admonitions and went ahead to save his mate, she had hoped they would remain hostage of Fehr Rahl, the true blood vampire king.

　　But Alas, she heard that the King was back in ...