Xavier's POV
Humming softly, I moved through e-mails and looked at the design of the new anti-vampire weaponry King Jung was trying to gain authorization to construct. It would be denied by the Circle, I already knew, but I made it a point to print the blueprints and faxed them over to the head of the Coalition for consideration. They were working on prototypes of their own but if anyone was going to achieve a weapon capable of destroying the Circle, it's technological genius Jung.
When my cell phone lit up, I answered on the first ring.
"King Rosario."
Grimacing, I realized it wasn't the man I'd been expecting to hear from. "Yes, Cortez?"
"Not Cortez," was his stiff reply.
"Ah, the Prince. You sound just like your father on the phone." That was a blunt verbal jab. Cortez was n
