Chained: A Dark Vampire Romance (Midnight Mafia Book 1) by Zara Novak

Author:Zara Novak [Novak, Zara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Rachel

I followed Vincent through the castle, imagining myself as a queen in some gothic horror novel. Every now and then I caught my reflection in a mirror and surprised myself. Vincent really had transformed me into someone else.

It seemed strange that he wanted me to go into this meeting completely blind. Were it not for the servant girl, Tasha, I would know nothing about who we were about to meet. Surely any information would be better than none?

I decided to feign ignorance.

“What can you tell me about these guests?” I said. “Is there anything I need to know?”

“On top of what Tasha already told you?” he said without glancing over at me. I would have frozen mid-step if he wasn’t pulling me along.

“I thought it would be good to know.” I swallowed at the knots tying my throat.

“You thought correct. It was my intention to tell you before meeting them. Xavier Vigliati is a powerful ally, one that each of the five families desperately would like to affiliate with. Right now, the Cartello family is the strongest presence in our world, and Vigliati knows this is. We are also the least volatile.”

“Volatile?” I asked.

“You might think me a psychopathic degenerate, slave, and on some counts you are right, but you do not know my contemporaries. The heads of the other vampire families, those that like to call themselves my equals, they are barbarians when compared to me.”

“If you are the obvious choice then why would Vigliati not make the alliance with you?”

A few moments passed before he answered. We turned onto a grand staircase and descended. “I am not sure. I believe it is some sort of personal grudge. I am obviously the best candidate to lead our world forward. The other families would have us all at war, I am the only one that can guarantee peace, profit and power for us all. Vigliati doesn’t like me though, he never has.”

“So, he has sent his three daughters to interrogate you.”

“Something like that,” he said. “I imagine they have a request. An impossible task that cannot be met. Vigliati will use this task as another reason to discount my empire. I expected a meeting at some point, but not now, and I did not expect to accommodate his daughters. That part bewilders me the most.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Because his eldest son is the heir to the Vigliati family. Eric Vigliati. He is the one I would deal with, so why not let me forge the relationship with him?”

Maybe Vincent couldn’t see the answer, but it was obvious to me as soon as he asked the question. “Because you don’t send a man to do a woman’s job,” I said, actually stopping this time as we reached the bottom of the stairs. Vincent might not have realized it, but I could already tell that he was walking into this meeting at a disadvantage.

“What do you mean?” he said, turning and looking at me with a note of sincerity in his red eyes.

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