Chapter 127

CAMILLA’S PO.V

They seemed to realize that this wasn’t going to be as easy as they thought but that didn’t stop them from blindly charging. This time however, they charged towards Ryker. We had already anticipated that because no sooner than they did, the other guards burst out of the woods in their wolf form. The distraction was all we needed to run in between them and dive into the river. Damien was hot on our heels as we swam towards the inside of the cave.

We burst out on the other end and I was shocked at how empty it was. I had expected to see an entire army of vampires but there were only three of them. Two stood next to Christine and the girls while the other was Alastair. I ignored the king in favor of my children and I ran my eyes over them to check for any obvious signs of injury. They looked relatively unharmed but Christine had crusted blood on the side of her head and she was shivering.

“Christine,” her head snapped up at the sound of Damien’s voice and I saw many emotions go through her at the speed of light. She stared at him with wide eyes and the relief in them was palpable.

“What a beautiful reunion,” Alastair drawled drawing everyone’s attention back to him. “I thought you would be here sooner but it doesn’t matter. Now that you are here, please join us. Keep in mind that any funny business will result in the death of one of those three and I can tell that they mean so much to you.”

“I’m not playing your game, Alastair,” I told him as I got out of the water. He raised his brows in an almost challenging manner. “You don’t get to touch my kids. They aren’t a part of this.”

“Everyone in your line became fair game when you father stabbed me in the back,” he spat. “Do you know he did it right here? I was the one who found the place. I picked it because the water countered his fire powers. I should have chosen somewhere else considering the water is your domain but sentimentality trumps it all, I guess.”

He waved his hands dismissively and gestured to a gathering of rocks.

“Sit or not, I don’t care but we are going to talk and if we come to a fair agreement, your kids and cousin can go.”

“What if we don’t?” Ryker threatened and he smiled widely revealing pointed fangs.

“Let us hope it doesn’t come to that. My men over there are new vampires, they cannot exactly control the blood lust. If one of them happens to take a bite, I don’t think they will be able to stop,” he made a sad face that was obviously faked and exaggerated. “Now, are you ready for us to talk?”

I already knew he was going to do something like this and so did Ryker because his expression was carefully blank but Damien looked pissed. He was a loose cannon and I couldn’t predict him and that was scary in this kind of situation.

“We will rather stand,” I said finally and Alastair shrugged as if to say ‘suit yourself’. I turned to Christine. “Are you okay?”

She didn’t speak but she gave me a subtle nod. My eyes met Audrey who had her eyes closed. I wasn’t sure if she was sleeping but I genuinely hoped so because the last thing she needed was to witness this entire thing.

Once I was satisfied that my family was okay, I turned back to Alastair. “What do you want? You have us here now.copy right hot novel pub