Chapter 23. Animosity

Other vampires weren’t as respectful as Mikhail was when addressing the Council members, that was true. But it wasn’t that he thought they were more important than he was, or that they had more power.

Rather, Mikhail was aware that he was in a delicate hierarchy and that there were different responsibilities assigned to each person in the city.

He addressed the Council members politely by their names, simply because it was the law. The rules. That was all there was to it.

If the world were without rules, it would operate in chaos. There would be no purpose, no boundaries, and no moral distinctions. Even a vampire like him was aware that he should not disrupt the order, lest he take on all the responsibility that was, in reality, too much of a hassle.

Mikhail watched as the two members of the Human Council approached Cassy and began to ask her questions. Eron Slazenki, on the other hand, stood indifferently at a distance, though Mikhail knew he was keeping a close ey