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Sophia was agitated Nothing was going the way she planned When she tried to drink Kahli&039;s blood, she could barely ed to s it fine with his throat still intact Thathappened Every time she tried to drink Kahli&039;s blood, it scorched her throat and caused a series of very unco toxins and her body couldn&039;t tolerate it The King had said to give it tied his share without issue Sophia continued to request tastings without her husband, trying to build up her tolerance to the blood, but it was for nothing And, now the girl was &039;s rooms were filled with freshly spilled blood
Sophia looked around his rooirl&039;s blood filled her nose like rich perfuhtheaded Sophia s When Kahli could not be located, Sophia requested her rooirl, the Queen&039;s expression was frigid Her gaze narrowed on Cassie, on her pale face and tiny hands "Where are the others?"
"Gone, your Majesty We could not find theround, her face nearly touching the blood-stained carpet
"Andthe servant could rise
"We have not found hi as well and a dead vae" The servant&039;s voice shook as she spoke
"In addition to the King&039;s guard?" Sophia inquired
"Yes, your Majesty"
Sophia pinched the bridge of her nose with her delicate fingers Cassie&039;s frightened heartbeat was distracting her She could hear it pounding inside the girl like a terrified htered, the Queen would have drained her then and there, but there were tooThey made up nearly a quarter of her blood supply
"Sit," Sophia co her attention back to Cassie
Cassie had been brought to the King&039;s cha for a chair that wasn&039;t stained with blood or broken Promptly, she sat on the floor at the Queen&039;s feet since there was no place else to sit
Sophia sighed and snapped her fingers at one of her guards "Get her a chair" The vamp disappeared and came back quickly with a small bench in his hands He set it down next to Cassie
Cassie repositioned herself on the bench and tried to look anywhere but at the Queen Her attempt was pointless They knew her real name The vamps named her, so of course they knew it That made compulsion easy for even the weakest vampire, and the Queen was not weak Compulsion had been used on Cassie many times over the years, and she hated it more and more each ti was safe It was like sitting outside in the snow and ice, naked, and hoping not to freeze to death Harm came to people ere cos frozen in the ice for too many lifetimes But, there was no way out of this
Cassie folded her hands in her lap and tried to remain calm The amount of blood in the room, the smears of dark red across the tile at the back of the room, made her feel sick Was that Kahli&039;s blood? Was her friend dead?
The Queen snapped her fingers next to Cassie&039;s ear The sound startled her, bringing her back to the present The Queen repeated herself, "Where are your roommates?"