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“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I won’t beg you to accept me as ruler. I am here now, whether you like it or not, and if I don’t have your loyalty, I will have your blood. This is your last chance to respond correctly.” 

With arms open at his sides, he watched for any movement from the two, fully expecting this to end in death. 

“I will be kinder than Blake, if you allow me to be. All I am looking for is assurance that you won’t do something idiotic like try to stab me in the back. I will rule ‘your land and people’ well.”

He clasped his hands together in front of him. “If I don’t get a guarantee of your loyalty… I will have to weed out the problem before it takes root.”

“You should reconsider where your loyalties lie, if you want to continue working- or living- in this kingdom. I don’t take kindly to sympathizers of dead men,” the vampire threatened.

Another shiver. Who was Luna loyal to? It was hard to determine sometimes. It seemed she was shoved from one place to another, not always welcome. It was something she was going to have to consider for her own safety.

Tiberius was arguing with the vestiges of Blake’s authority in the palace when he noticed the girl wander in. Giving her a couple glances, he shooed her away before continuing with his conversation.