The music had stopped, but the dance of death was just beginning.The pureblood vampires, creatures who had not known fear for millennia, finally remembered how to scream. They scrambled toward the heavy oak doors, their silk and velvet capes catching fire from the ambient, volcanic heat radiating from my Aether-scaled armor."Close the doors, Valerius," I commanded softly, my voice carrying over the chaos.The ancient vampire lord smiled, a flash of perfectly white fangs. He raised his hand, and the heavy iron deadbolts slammed shut with telekinetic force, sealing the grand ballroom."No one leaves," Killian’s distorted, shadowy voice vibrated through the very marrow of everyone in the room. "The Queen has claimed this space."The eldest Sire, her porcelain face twisted in absolute fury, pointed a trembling finger at us. "Shatter them! Drain the wolf and bleed the girl! For the Blood Edict!"A dozen elite guards, the Crimson Vanguard, lunged from the shadows, their obsidian weapons g
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