Chapter 139

Nicolas POV

Pack council meeting

The night began like any other in the vampire dominion-silent, velvet, serene. Their territory stretched across the misty valleys and jagged cliffs to the east, a realm hidden by shadows and guarded with a paranoia older than the packs themselves. Vampires prided themselves on vigilance. They thrived in secrecy, in watching without being seen, everyone knew this one fact.

Which was why the first explosions of fire took everyone by surprise.

The ...