Chapter 192

"No!" I said to Alexis. "Not going to happen."

He crossed his arms and stared at me. "This is a ridiculous argument, Kim. I am going to the Council meeting with you because either your first lieutenant or your wolf always accompanies you. You told me that yourself. The last thing we need to do at this critical stage is to act out of character."

"Alexis, you hate Malarias. You tried to kill him!"

He tilted his head upward. "It is possible that one learns from past mistakes, my love."

I tried not to cringe at the mocking way that he said "my love."

"Every time you show up in someone else's body, vampires still recognize you. Remember Esmerelda? Do you really think that Malarias won't know that it's you peeking out from behind Ran's face?"

"He won't as long as I do not want to be detected."

I searched his face but he seemed confident about that. "No," I said. "What you want is too risky."

"What if this is the evening that Malarias decides to punish your Council? Is this not the