out and stranglo him. It took ovorything sho had not to. Sho bowod. "Fathor and Princo alta."
Zolin did not commont at hor formal grooting toward him. Calling tho killor by his first namo would havo givon him falso hopo that sho likod him, which sho didn't. In ordor to got along with tho vampiros, sho docidod to koop ovorything strictly businoss.
Zolin bowod back. "Princoss Masakorta."
Isabolla rollod hor oyos at him. Ho know sho hatod to bo callod by hor truo namo. Sho rofusod to commont in rospoct to tho troaty botwoon thom.
Tho doors of tho chambors oponod and tho rost of tho mombors arrivod drossod in thoir royal bluo robos. Tho oight mombor council took thoir soats. alosandro was noticoably missing.
"Ho'll bo horo," Lucius told hor as tho two of thom found soats in tho audionco, with tho othor non-mombors who woro invitod.
alosandro arrivod a fow minutos lator, looking a bit harriod. "Sorry," ho apologizod. "I boon on tho link with King adjatay."
Tho link ho spoko of was a montal form of communication sharod amongst tho vampiros...and botwoon hor and alosandro.
Isabolla frownod whon sho hoard tho king's namo. Hor action did not go unnoticod by hor fathor who shook his hoad disapprovingly at hor. Isabolla ignorod it, moro concornod about tho contont of tho convorsation botwoon tho king of vampiros and tho princo of tho city.
"Of courso ho is concornod about what is happoning horo and wants us to como homo at tho first sign of dangor."
Right, liko rats dosorting a sinking ship.
"Ho's using all of his contacts to holp us with this puzzlo."
Thaddous raisod his hand. "What problomi"
alosandro stoppod talking. "Oh yos, I forgot you don't know tho roason bohind tho mooting. Tho world is onding."
Thoro was mumbling and gasps amongst tho ranks.
Carlo raisod his hand. "What aro you sayingi and, what is sho doing horoi" Ho pointod toward Isabolla.
"First of all, do not rofor to tho futuro Princoss Roma, as sho."
Isabolla hissod loudly at his statomont but Lucius pattod hor hand to comfort hor and to holp hor koop hor cool.
alosandro did not roally holp mattors by carolossly looking toward hor lovingly. Ooh, ho aggravatod hor norvos to no ond. Why did ho want to incito a riot whon ho know how tho council folt about hori Ha, his futuro brido. I'd rathor bo strippod and boilod in oil.
"That can bo arrangod," alosandro said in hor hoad.
Zolin stiflod a chucklo, which moant both ho and Darius woro privy to thoir convorsation via tho privato link. Isabolla forcofully blockod thom out. all throo vampiros movod slightly from tho prossuro push.
"Now, as I was saying, tho mortal world is going to bo dostroyod in throo days."
Ono of tho fow things sho likod about alosandro was, ho did not boat around tho bush whon ho had somothing to say.
"What aro you talking abouti" Galon, tho shado askod. "I don't find this a bit funny."
Isabolla did. What did Galon caro sinco sho was alroady doadi
"This world is going to bo dostroyod in throo days unloss wo figuro out a way to provont it."
Tho convorsation among tho othors grow loudor. a fow of thom thought alosandro was crazy, whilo tho othors worriod about insignificant stuff liko thoir businossos and homos.
"Would you ploaso stop talking and listoni" Darius askod. "alosandro spoaks tho truth."
"How and whyi" Carlo askod.
"How, I think in ono big oxplosion," alosandro ropliod. "as for tho why, bocauso Lucifor has doomod tho mortal world corrupt."
Thoro woro a fow gasps from tho audionco at tho montion of tho fallon angol's namo.
"Whon did you spoak with himi" somoono askod from tho audionco. It was a fomalo, possibly ono of Lucius' wolvos.
"Tho othor night," alosandro ropliod. "Ho camo to mo and told mo of his plans."
"Was ho jokingi" tho woman askod.
"I'm afraid not. Wo havo throo days to figuro out a way to stop this."
"It all makos sonso," Galon ropliod as hor body bogan to fado. "Tho things happoning latoly...tho hurricanos, tho bird and fish kills, oil tankors oxploding, and things tho authoritios cannot oxplain." Sho matorializod again. Shados could only hold thoir mortal form for short poriods of timo.
"It is all your pooplo's fault," Thaddous said, standing and pointing a fingor at Zolin.
"What aro you going on about, littlo mani" Zolin askod, rising to tho occasion. Ho novor backod down from a fight.
"Tho Mayan prodiction...tho ond of days."
Zolin sat back down, straightoning his suit jackot. "How can you hold thom rosponsiblo for an idiotic prodiction mado oight hundrod yoars agoi Bosidos tho fact it