ARTEMISIA “Hello, Queenie.” Laurent smirked as I ran into him in the hallway. I rolled my eyes at the sarcasm dripping in his voice. It was his usual way of referring to me. At least it was better than him staring at me like I had fallen off from somewhere and tagging me Sin's Queen rather than my given name. He had said I was too inexperienced to be a queen to him. When he said inexperienced, he meant I wouldn't be able to handle the supernatural world as time went on that I would flee in no time. He said so in front of Sin, which had ticked him off. I wasn't bothered. It would not be the first time Laurent was making snide remarks about me. Ignoring him was the best I could do, and I realized doing so also made him furious. But then, whether he was furious or not, I didn't care ab

