#Chapter40

-Rightful Host-02

Alexander Lykos

“You look as though someone had powdered your eyes with coal.”

My Second smiled as he pointed to my eyes, amusement coating his every word. Instinctively I reached a hand to touch the newly formed bags below my eye before growling at Jared who was still gleefully snickering.

“That means you look horrible.”

My lovely Third, Brendon, decided to so kindly help me clarify. Our families were close, with their fathers and grandfathers serving my father. They were like brothers to me. I maturely ignored them and brought my focus back to the mountain of paperwork in front of me.

“Jokes aside, the Black Blood...