What exactly could have gone wrong?

Shelbrooke stared down at his glass of gin in his right hand as he stood in front of the fireplace, with thoughts of his meeting with Chloe. He'd started working with her for a long time and he realized that she was the best bait to use. Planning to take the Onyx, render the vampire city powerless, and let her take her revenge by killing the King with her own hands.

But he wouldn't take chances of trusting that woman. For all he knew, she could betray him after getting what she wanted. That is why he had chosen to join forces with the...