Chapter 176: Last warning (2)
Xavier waited for Selene to drift off to sleep. After a long eventful day, Selene was bound to fall asleep the second she lay down on the bed.
It was near midnight and while it would be good to stay in bed with Selene, Xavier had somewhere to be. He had put off a conversation which needed to be had long ago but it was put off since he stayed out of the palace.
Xavier slipped out of bed, careful not to wake Selene. She would know where he went in the morning, but for now, she needed to get some rest.
Xavier grabbed a shirt on his way out, going toward the balcony instead of using the door for the servants to see him leave. He closed the door behind him so the cold night air would not wake Selene, and then he set off for the palace.
He already sent Darius a warning with a piece of the body from the little stalker but Xavier also wanted to make a personal visit to get the message across. This way Darius couldn’t say he didn’t understand it.
In the palace, Darius looked over more reports about the attacks around the kingdom. It was getting worse but it was the perfect set-up for Darius to take his plans to the court to herd the humans in different groups.
Since they were behaving like wild animals, it was only right in Darius’s eyes that they be caged like the animals they were.
Darius thought about what Vivienne said concerning humans attacking a pureblood. He wanted it to happen so his peers would finally be on board with his plans. It was never a good idea for humans and vampires to live amongst each other with some humans having wealth in their hands.
Darius wanted to experience the old stories of when humans were terrified of vampires. The way vampires used to be able to sink their fangs into human flesh when they wanted to without needing to wait for humans to sell their blood.