Chapter 147

ALEXANDROS Cadence accompanied Axl to visit the heads of the Dragon houses, and Sienna went with her father to alert the heads of the Crescent Houses, thus leaving Ophelia, Xavier, Enora, and me alone to discuss how and when we will take back our house and rescue Malachi. “Why did he take your sired when he could have easily taken Ophelia?” Enora asks. Does she think me so incompetent that I would have allowed the wraith to take her? The most precious thing in the entire universe? “Because he would not have taken her so easily despite what you think, Enora.” Her eyes narrow, but she does not argue the point with me further. “Why Malachi, though? If Giorgios has been planning something all this time, then every move he makes is a strategic one. Why Malachi?” She directs the last question to Ophelia and Xavier. Xavier shrugs and runs a hand through his hair. “Enora is right,” I say. “There must be a reason he was taken. Giorgios said as much. Was there anything at all that he said or did