Chapter 89

After hosting a dinner for Tier and Raymond, Nocturne and I were granted a few days off to get our house in order. Nocturne made time to meet with both Andrew and Austin to discuss having them become part of the Gloomblossom household, going over in great detail what they gave up in return for being part of a divine linage. It was not hard to convince either of them to devote themselves to Nocturne and I, in return for a privileged life. The only difficult part of this whole plan was the ritual itself. It had to be done under a new moon, which only gave us two days to get everything in order with the empire and set up for the ceremony itself.

 “The last of the servants have left for the night.” Nocturne said as she came into the ballroom. I had just finished setting up the chalices the two young men would need to drink her blood from during the ritual as she walked in.

 “Sofia was worried about leaving Andrew behind?” I asked, fully aware of the relationship devel