Seeds of Sorrow by Elle Beaumont & Christis Christie

Author:Elle Beaumont & Christis Christie [Beaumont, Elle & Christie, Christis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elle Beaumont
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lord Capala and his family were pulled from their homes beneath the blue night moon and ushered into the judgment chamber of Castle Aasha. Draven hadn’t bothered to change from his time in Midniva. Instead, he had paced the dark chamber, its midnight-black floor and walls only a reflection of the storm brewing in his mind. Blood seeped steadily from the wound on his side, dampening his pantleg and leaving the scent of him in the air.

The door in the chamber's side sat open, the threat of the pit a looming presence below. Tonight, people would die. It wasn’t a punishment Draven enjoyed enacting, but if his noble families sought to undermine his rule, it would only be so long before others followed suit. This must be stopped before it could spread.

As the vampire lord and his family were brought into the chamber, General Ailith at their backs and the wolves flanking their sides, Draven could see the uncertainty and confusion on their faces.

“Your Majesty, while my family appreciates any audience with yourself . . . might I ask what this is about?” Lord Capala stood, hands clasped in front of him. His wife, a stern looking woman with silver-blonde hair, stayed close.

They had two children: a son who had been an adult when they had made the journey into Andhera and a daughter who’d been just on the cusp of maidenhood. She was now frozen in time, ever a lovely blossom set to bloom.

Draven pointed to the vampiress he’d pulled from Midniva. “Lady Aamanee was found forming a hive in Midniva. A hive which was feeding willfully on humans and bringing others back here to find their deaths at your hands.”

Lord Capala looked startled, and Draven watched him, attempting to read his features.

“You can’t honestly believe—” Capala looked between Draven and Aamanee.

“I confessed to everything,” Aamanee announced. “He killed our entire hive and threatened to tear me to pieces if I didn’t!”

“Told him everything what?” Capala’s features grew dark as anger filled him.

“He is the one, Your Majesty.” Aamanee looked at Draven. “He told me to go into Midniva and feed on humans . . . to make a place for our vampires there, so that we could finally live as we were meant to. It was his plan to form an entire chain . . . Vampires who captured humans in Midniva, others who carted them across the Veil, and then he would sell them to the highest bidders once here.”

“You can’t honestly believe this wench,” Capala protested, distress beginning to form on his face.

“The unfortunate thing, Lord Capala, is that I do.” Draven paced, a hand going through his short-cropped hair. “You have never hidden your distaste for my laws.”

“This is absurd! We have lived for millennia under your rule! Why would we fight against it now?”

Draven was across the room before the other man could move, his hand around his throat as he lifted him into the air. “That is what I would like to know.” His words were a low growl of fury, body seething with it.

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