All Chapters of The Vampire King's Mate: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

IVORY POVThe night air was heavy and entirely devoid of the familiar city sounds I had grown up with. There were no sirens, no distant hum of highway traffic, and no comforting buzz of smartphones vibrating in my pockets. Instead, there was an oppressive, ancient silence that seemed to press down on my chest as we stood at the base of the hill.We were currently staring at the council building, which easily seemed to be the tallest structure in the entire territory so far.It was an old building, but it still stood tall and imposing against the dark velvet of the night sky. The architecture was completely unlike anything from the modern world it was constructed from massive blocks of weathered, dark gray stone that looked as though they had been pulled straight from the earth centuries ago. Ivy climbed aggressively up the western facade, its dark leaves whispering in the wind like a gathering crowd. The windows were long, narrow slits encased in heavy wrought-iron frames, casting sh