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“SO HE’S GONE OFF LIKE a rocket and you haven’t a clue where?” I was pleased to know that the Dragon was now acting unpredictably. He needed to be off his game. Off his game, he couldn’t think straight and not thinking straight meant he couldn’t do his job, protecting the Prince of Vampires. Lord Keegan Teague was going to be at his most vulnerable, both in body and in mind. If I had done my job, correctly placing Alewar and Mary as I believed I had, then Sig was on his way to Keegan for a confrontation, possibly even to pull his sword from him. He did, after all, swear to protect me.
How the tables turned when flesh and blood became a priority. It was funny the loyalty these things felt, because I felt none. No love, no hate, I just had my passions to succeed and move forward, to drive the old man that had, ignored me for far too long headlong into the grave. The Calder name sucked, but it had power, and power was the key to all. The H.O.R.D. would see that I was strong, and that would make them quake and crumble before me.
Collette was curled up on the floor at my feet, Mary sat with Alewar as her standing shadow. The Phoenix was not nearly as annoying as his brother, in some respects he reminded me of poor Charles. Quiet, reserved and completely in love with his charge, who was too wrapped up in herself to notice. Marigold was a self-centered little girl who only wished to venture out and see the world. She’d do whatever she had to in order to break free of her family and have a semblance of freedom. She’d traded one set of shackles for another, and didn’t even realize it, but the time would come when she would. She’d need help getting out and that was where we would come in. She’d need us, and then she would owe us. It was good to have the plans in place. I always had a plan.
“He just unfurled and flew.” Mary flipped her fingers in a flying motion. “We came back here to discuss my sister’s would be destiny. According to Alewar, she’s a big deal.”
“Do tell, Alewar. Do tell.”