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The King&039;s guard left right after they questioned Cassie They took off into the night, trying to track down the girl - Kahli Anger flooded through the King&039;s body He hadn&039;t gotten enough of her blood to completely restore his former abilities Most of the precious liquid had spilled on the floor, and failed to go down his throat Thinking about it, he could still feel the burn of her blood The potency was fa him of the last time he had this opportunity It had slipped away before he could do anything Resolve flooded his veins Not again This ht be his last chance There was no room for mistakes, not this time There were no more wild humans Kahli was the last and he intended to possess her

The stored the Trackers on He sat in his vehicle, as it was gently rocked by the howling wind The royal caravan was a h supplies to cross the unforgiving terrain Traveling was no longer a treat Due to the cli was dismal at best

Every ti knew that he risked his life There was no blood out here Killing livestock wasn&039;t enough to sustain him, not that there was lory had disappeared, leaving hi a life on hi didn&039;t n, the one royal with all the power That belonged to Sophia, and he was okay with it It gave her all the power, but it also gave her all the proble his role as royal arh blood, and he was beyond reproach, elevated slightly above the law due to his wife&039;s status It allowed him freedoreed with him Add to that the fact that no one tried to assassinate hi soon learned that he achieved the best of both worlds by accepting the Queen&039;s reign

Back then, the Kinghis Queen But that wasn&039;t the way of things any hier, that she had the most power, and that she chose hile lorious life would be cut short The for wedded to the laere no longer palatable The constant reminders made him restless

If there was a time to turn on Sophia, it was now For years, he watched Sophia wither away, her poindling like a dying eth was o, things changed The blood cured hi that they&039;d been able to breed All of the years of weakness would have vanished if he hadn&039;t lost her Greed dooain

Shifting in his seat, the King watched histo deterirl went, which path to follow There were two snow mobiles and a bike The motorcycle had spikes on the wheels that cut into the top layer of ice As long as they kept ahead of the stor watched and waited, patiently planning the ain There were soevery last drop of blood from her body dominated them all There was no reason to wait this tiers, the King thought about wrapping his hands around her neck and squeezing tight The look of panic that would fill those green eyes, as he choked the life out of her was a bonus Since he irl, she was defiant No, it was beyond that - she didn&039;t recognize him as her lord She didn&039;t think he was more powerful, better Kahli would soon find out It was a lesson that he couldn&039;t wait to teach her And then, with the untainted blood in his body, he could finally defeat the Queen and take over thepoint which he intended to utilize

A hand rapped on the glassnext to the King The driver lowered it and the pane of glass slipped down "We found a trail They couldn&039;t have gotten far, but - " the Tracker trailed off, his eyes darting to the side, not wanting to be the bearer of bad news

The King looked at his nails, casually saying, "I could kill you now and ask so" It sounded like a proper solution to a norh his state with malice

The Tracker sed hard His skin had that sickly pallor like so usted hard, revealing more of the Tracker&039;s face as his hood blew back and fell to his shoulders They&039;d followed the vehicles to this point and then stopped The stor didn&039;t want to wait

"Both vehicles fell," the Tracker explained "The snowwith one of the vae He was killed before the fall Impaled"

"How do you knoas dead before? He could have been impaled frolanced up at the man

The Tracker shook his head "No, the wound is old Looks like the wound was executed the sae She took hiinning, but she lost too much blood, otherouldn&039;t have been able to track her"

"And?" the King snapped, sensing there was more bad news

"Her vehicle flipped It was deci her went down as well"

The King didn&039;t react He stared into the Tracker&039;s face, his voice perfectly cal they&039;re both dead?"

"No, sir There are no bodies And if the wolves got theed off" The Tracker turned and looked at the place where the accident occurred before looking back at the King "We think they&039;re alive, or were, when they left here They can&039;t be far, traveling on foot and injured"

The wind gusted and blew the dry snow into the King&039;s face Wiping it with the back of his hand, he said, "Just find them," and put theback up

If he&039;d had more of Kahli&039;s blood, there would be no reason for Trackers He simply would have knohere she was The blood bond made her an extension of his body It would have been like finding a finger or a toe No one really pays attention to them, they&039;re just there, and their location is felt But, the King hadn&039;t had enough of her blood to feel that fully The only thing the King could sense was a faint flickering, like a ghost li hiave hi he did, if the girl died and he wasn&039;t there - the thought irl, he thought And Willia William, probably took her to find shelter fro had to make certain that if he didn&039;t find Kahli - if he wasn&039;t able to drink more of her blood - that soirls froo unpunished

He tapped his long, tapered fingers together, staring at nothing, and thought that Will was the perfect person