Consuela Mardona's POV

My Mermaid lawyer, Francisco de Leon, booked me on a flight for Australia that left just before midnight on January first. Of course, nothing in my new life was easy. A week after my shotgun wedding to Master Vespucci, followed by my betrayal of my Coven, a new Master was in place for Mexico City.

Emily and the Masters had cleaned house, and only a dozen Mexican vampires above newborn age remained. Esmerelda, the petite vampire from the Cancun branch, was the oldest of the remaining Mexican vampires and claimed leadership. The way Esmerelda helped Alpha Steven in the takedown of Mateo and the other Cancun vampires...