Chapter One Hundred-Twenty-Six- Adriana Gervais- 20 yrs old

“I’m sorry about interrupting your privacy, but I’ve been struggling with this news for several days now. I know there’s no way George would have received this bit of information out here, so I’ve brought it to you.”

Edith hated this and wasn’t sure how much, if any, of it she should tell Ana. “Promise me you’ll stay here and not try to return just yet. It might sound like it’s safe, but right now it’s not.”

Ana sat in the great room of the cottage the next evening and patiently waited for Edith to get through everything she had to say. Ana knew would ease the she-wolf’s mind of guilt, regret, and responsibility. “It’s fine. I’m coming to terms with the idea that I might never go back. Now what’s the new from the palace? What did you glean while you were there?”

“One, you’re well and truly in a better place. Those people are the worst sort of vampires I have ever met. And I am not talking about all the overindulging in blood drinki