Chapter 1

As I looked around my empty bedroom, I felt a sense of freedom that can only be associated with leaving home for the first time – really – and for good! This afternoon would be my

last at home with my overbearing mother and just plain annoying father. The

King and Queen of Vampyra. It would be five long years until the frightening

prospect of moving back into the castle as the new Queen would…

Prologue

As I stared into the eyes of the slayer, my partner passed out closed behind me, I couldn’t help but see my recent life flashing before my eyes. I saw my first day at the Academy. I saw

the day Arista and I bonded. I saw my first lesson and I saw – what was most

likely – my last lesson.

I saw…