THEY WERE in front of the Northern Region Map, discussing what they would do to drive the Easterners away from the city they had occupied, when suddenly, a cloud of white smoke appeared surrounding Jazmin. Ezequiel didn’t panic and could only wait for the white smoke to form a human figure, and the Queen of Witches appeared. Aella immediately hugged Jazmin. “I miss you.” “I miss you too,” Jazmin responded. Ezequiel gently pulled his mate away from Aella. “Don’t hug my queen.” Aella snorted. “You’re so boring, Ezequiel. You wouldn’t even have gotten alarmed when I surrounded your mate.” “It’s because he knew that it was you,” the Vampire King interjects. Aella looked at Theo and Ezequiel. “You two are in trouble, yet you didn’t call for help. If I hadn’t sent my people to investiga