“You called for me. Here I am.”
Allegra could not believe the words she was hearing for a moment. As soon as they sunk in, she immediately went on the defensive.
“I did no such thing,” she sputtered, absolutely offended at the accusation.
Her eyes were too slow to notice the movement of his hand. One moment she was cradling her smaller medallion to herself and the next, Vladislav had it in his hand, studying it. It looked like a lazy perusal, but the Duchess was not slow enough to believe his uncaring countenance. He was a vampire that never did anything without reason so, as shocked as she was, she let him take his fill of the golden piece in his hand.
Vladislav turned it back to her only for her to see that the emblem had changed. It once boasted a proud Siberian tiger roaring and sh
