Laurel's eyes went back to Elize and she thought how pale and weak and unattractive the vampire was. It would be so easy for her to kill her or make her weaker. All she had to do was ensure that she wasn't blooded. She laughed on the inside. Proud, with her chin up, she turned her glance back to her prize—Caleb, King of Ixoviya, the most powerful sorcerer in the world.
Pursing his lips at the way she looked away from him, Auril huffed. He said to Caleb, "I am going to call three more stags to ride and I will lead the way out of here. We have to travel during the night because in the day," he waved at the forest annoyingly, "the birds of this place keep an eye on me!"
