VAMPIRE KING

I knew that bastard Aldric was strong, but the damn mutt had me on the brink of death more than once.

And to make things worse, he and his little defective Selenia dared to attack me together—pathetic. That damn failure couldn’t even complete a simple task properly.

They were wearing me down. The blood of Gabrielle, which had nourished my powers slowly over the years, was keeping me alive—but even that power wasn’t limitless!

I had used a great deal of it to heal rapidly, and the blood loss was significant. I needed to end this fight once and for all.

The idiots I brought with me were all dead—this was a disaster!

I suddenly attacked the Lycan King, using the proximity he himself had created, hoping to injure him enough to fly over to Valeria and take her hostage.

She was my ticket out of here—my chance to take the immense power that must still be in her hands. I believed I could still fix things.

Something unsettled me—my instincts screamed that I needed to escape immedi