“No one ever wants to die, Salvatore,” Alpha Lycus scolded me, and Tristan beamed. “I have to go now.” He walked out the back of the library archives and left.

I stood there staring at a grinning Tristan, cursing him for interrupting this moment.

“Your Highness, Leonardo had been standing outside the library since you instructed me. He kept pushing to come in and I suspect he knew that you were not alone.”

“How should I punish you, ...