Book 3: Unfit Mother

Lex

“Your son is a natural born leader,” Queen Olga tells me, appearing by my side. “It shouldn’t be a surprise considering his lineage.”

I have invited the vampire royals that I thought would be amenable to come. The Queen of Sardonia is a long-time ally to my birth kingdom. And she has come with her great-granddaughters.

I look at her, trying to gauge if she’s giving a compliment or an insult. It’s no secret what she and the other vampire royals thought of Cole’s late grandfather. King Peter didn’t make a ton of friends in his lifetime. That has not been an accident.

“He’s nothing like his grandfather.”

“I meant, he takes after the Alexander kings. He has that quality your grandfather and your father had. And what your brother has.”

Unlike me. I’ve always been the spare. I’m not meant to rule a kingdom unlike my brother. A twist of fate is the only reason the crown of a foreign kingdom has landed on my head.

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