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Elizabeth had never before s she did In Noctem Falls, science fiction was considered i Meryn’s enthusias yourto taketo happen now" Elizabeth propped her feet up on the ottoman

"I’m an internet security expert"

"Hacker," Elizabeth interrupted

Meryn nodded, grinning "I’ve been working with Adair, that’s Aiden’s brother who runs the training acade to convince hin the trainees to units forat the acadeh, all thirty of the current trainees will be assigned out to the units here in Lycaonia and Adair and his trainers can start on the next batch If it’s successful here, they will adopt it in the other three cities effectively tripling the defense force They’re supposed to bea decision either today or toood idea" Elizabeth frowned and wondered why they hadn’t done this earlier

"Don’t sound so shocked," Meryn mumbled

Elizabeth chuckled "Sorry I didn’t ent, it’s just that ite haven’t adopted this practice before now"

"Oh That’s easy That’s because nobody around here likes change I swear they wouldn’t change their underwear if they didn’t have to Everything is tradition, tradition, tradition Most of thes a certain way A lot of practices need to be hauled into the twenty-first century," Meryn said sounding thoroughly disgusted

"Tell me about it I was raised in Noctem Falls, they practically worship the Victorian era there I still get stares when I wear jeans around the city when I visit my dad"

Meryn’s eyes widened "You were raised in Nocteo there I heard that the vampires carved their city into the cliff face of a deep canyon"

Elizabeth nodded "I distinctly remember the first time my father took round city It’s a network of caves and caverns deep in the earth"

"Like the dwarves in Lord of the Rings?" Meryn whispered

"Actually, that’s a very close representation of Noctem Falls But instead of dwarves, there are vampires"

"Now I don’t knohich city I want to visit first I thought for sure that I wanted to go to Éire Danu first, but now Nocteical" Meryn chewed on her lower lip

"Not just anyone can visit Éire Danu The fae are very protective of their city," Elizabeth warned

Meryn waved a hand in front of her "I was invited by their queen Elder Vi’Ailean is the younger brother of her consort The Elder likes rinned at her