I stayed next to Eyran as we moved through the courtroom, lining up shoulder to shoulder while the servants cleared the room again.

“Why would a vampire be here?” I asked, leaning down into Eyran’s ear.

Eyran leaned out, catching a glimpse of who I was talking about, then he turned back to me with a grimace. “That is Antony.”

“He broke Vampiric Law and lost his title. He has been serving as a blood slave for the past year,” Eyran ...