Chapter 127

“You’re late,” Dogara said as Toreh graced the drawing room with her presence. Quickly, she curtsied.

“My apologies my queen. Your nephew delayed me.”

Dogara sighed. “Of course, he did. Wilhelm tells me I’m a fool for considering you a tutor for my grandson and I’d like to think he’s wrong. Did you really kill someone Toreh?”

Toreh looked at her feet. “It happened many years ago. I was young, but strong enough to yield a stake.”

“And when you yielded one?”, Dogara asked as she gestured for Toreh to sit.

“I staked a vampire,” she replied, sitting down.

“I suppose that was your first kill?”

“And my last.”

“Don’t be so sure slave. Not now that you’ve gained enemies.”

“Surely you don’t consider Eloive’s eligible brides as your friends?”

“I don’t,” Toreh said before looking up. “I hope my reply doesn’t bother her majesty.”

“No. I’m simply intrigued. You’re so young, yet you’re well refined. Judging from the way you speak,