Chapter 50

Aldric's POV

“When do I have to go?” Simone asks. She’s barely feeling any kind of emotion. It’s as if she flipped a switch and turned off all her regular emotions. She has a job to do, and she plans to do it. "Tonight? Or do we have some time?"

“I already said that you are not going,” I shoot back.

“You are not the boss of me,” Simone says and plants her hands in her hips.

“You are dead wrong about that,” I reply, trying my best to ignore the anger swirling around in my chest. “I am the boss of you, and you will listen to me.”

“Make me,” she dares me. “I don’t understand. I thought you wanted these vampires dead. If Asmodeus is going to exterminate most of the humans and countless vampires, we need to stop him, don't we? That's the right thing to do. And if my blood is the key, then there's nothing to talk about, is there?”

“I did not say I wanted Asmodeus dead. I want Baron dead.”

“Yes well, things changed didn't it? They both need to die. Asmodeus first, then Baron. And we'll need