Sebastian POV
“He’s here,” Dion tells me. He’s watching from the cameras down in the cellar. “Your uncle is the first Lord to arrive.”
“No other Lords have come yet?”
Dion was silent for a few seconds. I could feel his tension in the bond. “No.”
No. That one little word was heavy. Lorisa was right. My Uncle has been a busy bee.
“Most have sent representatives, but none of the Lords have come themselves.”
“They are being cautious,” I told my mate. “We would have been cautious too if the tables were turned.”
“This feels like more than that.”
I agree, but telling him right now won’t do any good. I can feel his indecision. He wants to change his plans.
He wants to take Mari and leave before what his mother dreamed comes true.
“Their hunger will be too great to stay away. Don’t do
