Chapter 126

"You know there has been a longstanding mistrust between the Old World Neratomay and the New World," Keada said. "Something like this could tip the scales to another war, and it won't be as easy to hide from the humans as the last one. In this age of technology, the Neratomay could be exposed."

"This is all speculation," Cyrene said. "Still the Barcelona Council is angry and not just at Athena, but at you."

I sucked in air through my teeth. "Well, hell."

"What do you think the threat is from Athena?" Paul asked.

Kaniji smirked. "That's obvious. She could implode our esteemed fellow Council member with a mere thought."

Paul stared at Kaniji. "Athena is being judged on what she did to Esmeralda. If she hurts Kim in addition to that then she'd be breaking a direct command from the Committee. I hear that breaking rules is considered disastrous for Vampires."

"Only if the Committee finds Kim's death a bad thing," Kaniji said. "They might decide it's a good thing."

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