Four: “I’m deeply sorry, Apex. The guards were too surprised by the sudden visit to disobey an Apex demanding to see you.” Chase boomed in a deep craggy tone as Aurelia simmered beside me. Her ramrod body bespoke her heightened state of fury. “This was a simple assessment. He wished to see how hard it would be to conquer you both.” Dagda informed us, and the Lycans seemed to all consider his word like gospel. Dagda was not the Lycanthrope god, but they respected him. Even if he shagged a Vampyr and had a demi-half-Vampyr. “That’s evident to me. What infuriates me, is his nerve to tread upon my land and spew his vitriol. I will rip his flesh from bone should he step one foot across the Central-American border again!” Aurelia’s rage was understandable. It was tantamount to having so

