Page 135 of Queen of the Crimson Throne

I shook my head, I didn’t want to dive into my own shit right now, I wasn’t going to make him.

“Anyways, back to our conversation, we didn’t destroy the journal. Neither of us had the heart to take the journal away from the family.”

“Well, it doesn’t seem like there was much use for the journal anyways so it should be fine right?”

“Well,” I scrubbed my hand over the back of my neck. “There’s one more thing I need to tell you.”

Both of them leaned forward in their seats. “There was one important detail we gained from the journal. It said if someone manages to reverse the spell on vampires, all living vampires will cease to exist.”

“You didn’t think to start with that?” Declan protested. I ignored him as he swore under his breath.

“What are you going to do with that information?” he pressed.

I shrugged. “I don’t know. It left us with a lot of questions. I’m assuming that’s why Lennox summoned Astria again.”

Declan stood, his wings rustling behind him. “Let’s go find her and ask her.”

“Not tonight, please.” I looked at them. “Tomorrow. Do you remember why I’m here?”

“Tomorrow then.” Declan sat back down. “But no more avoiding this after tonight.”

“Fine. Nico, pass the bottle.”

Declan was knocking on my door early the next morning, much to the disappointment of my throbbing head.

Nico groaned from where he slept belly down on the couch. Declan was the only one with any self-preservation skills last night.

“How much longer did you two stay up drinking last night?” Declan wrinkled his nose at the sight of the table of empty bottles.

“I don’t know.” I collapsed into the chair. “I’ve had a terrible sense of time lately.” It was true, especially since my kidnapping the hours had blended together. Nico and I kept drinking until we passed out. Long after Declan left us.

“Well get up and get ready.” Declan rolled Nico off the couch.

“Ow!” Nico groaned as he fell to the ground with a thud.

“You could both use a shower.” Declan wrinkled his nose. “We’re all meeting in an hour. Get your sorry asses ready.”

Lennox didn’t look up as I entered the room, instead, she continued her conversation with Luciana as her plate of food sat untouched in front of her.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning,” Kara and Luciana responded.

“Good morning,” Lennox said quietly, her gaze finally sliding to me.

“Now that everyone is here, can we discuss why Declan dragged us all here this morning?” Luciana crossed her arms over her chest. “I’d like to hear about your conversation with Astria so I can stop holding this grudge against you Lennox.”

“Youtold her?” Lennox looked at me with narrowed eyes.

“No. I told Declan and Nico.” I looked at the two of them. “I’m assuming Declan told her since he was concerned about the information shared about our Galtain visit.”

“What information?” Kara and Luciana said in unison.

“You didn’t tell them?” I asked Lennox.

“I’ve been a little preoccupied,” she mumbled.

“Obviously,” Luciana huffed while Kara eyed her sister curiously.

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