*Zeke* I watch as Sophia returns with a host of half-breeds behind her. One, a tall half-fae/half-vampire, rides beside her. I blink at the throng. “Sir,” a guard says at the door to Rafe’s office, where I have been holed up trying to coordinate this war for days, “Princess Sophia says we’re to house them all.” “What, here?” I reply, turning back in surprise. “She’s joking.” He shakes his head. “No, sir.” I leave the window and go to the guard. “Take me to them.” “Yes, sir.” He leads me down to the courtyard, which is now filled with the Hybridians. “Sophia?” I ask, approaching her. “What–” “These are my guests,” she tells me. “They will be staying here until we can find them a proper place to settle. We will fit as many as we can in the castle, and if there are any left over, I wa

