My Vampire Harem Will Dominate Everything - Chapter 345

Chapter 345: Self Preservation
Arbiter Anya had been a fifth ring vampire when she had first been assigned as the Arbiter of Faewall.

It was after the Death Wave and the Council was just finding its feet. At that time Faewall didn’t even have a City Lord.

It was just James and Nicodemus overseeing the creation of the new vampire community in the city.

Technically, she outranked them but both men had a presence to them that made it hard for them to be viewed as lesser.

Whenever they stood in a room, people noticed and whenever they spoke, people listened whether they were vampires or humans.

Before long, the three of them were all working closely together. They had been bright eyed vampires looking for a better future under the council but that statement couldn’t have been more wrong.

Unlike them, Nicodemus had different dreams.

He wanted to be king of all vampires.

They had discovered totally by accident that Nicodemus had a relic. He had been a prince all along.

At that time, Prince Arthur had been rallying for a secession by all princes and they had caught wind that Nicodemus wanted to join the movement.

Truly believing that standing with the council was the perfect choice she and James hatched a plan.

They would steal Nicodemus’ relic and use it for the good of the Council.

It was decided that Anya would wield the relic.

She’d been ecstatic at the prospect of being a princess. She might even one day, have a shot of being inducted as an Attendant and have a shot at being an elder.

Then, they discovered the sixth page of the Book of Nightmares.

The sixth page has been hidden at the top of the progenitor’s tongue and Faewall turned out to be the top of his tongue.

She always wondered how Faewall had come to be that. What had the progenitor seen in Faewall?

But it didn’t matter.

Since Nicodemus’ relic was already slated to be hers, James had claimed this relic.

After bonding with the relic, the Daydream relic and the Nightmare relic had clashed.

Just as the progenitor had intended, both vampires went mad at each other. Fortunately for all involved, the battle has taken place deep beneath the city.

Both vampires had fought long and hard, and the city had felt it.

Tremors had rocked the city and there were fears of an earthquake.

Unfortunately for Nicodemus, James had the advantage and had won but it had come with a cost.

They now had a rabid vampire who still has the power of his relic at his fingertips chained in James’s basement.

She hadn’t gotten her relic and they had created something that was just a bad day away from violating the Law of Secrecy.

At the time it had happened, the Death Wave had been just a few years ago and violations of the law of secrecy was punished severely. The memories were still fresh.

If anyone found out of the existence of Nicodemus, James and her would have been killed for what they had done.

Fortunately, they had killed Nicodemus’ coven to hide what they’d done and explain his absence.

Being a Veilbreaker was the perfect crime to sweep it all under the rug.

Hyde had been instrumental, standing as the main witness and they had left Genesis as she hadn’t really been an official member of the coven and didn’t stay with them anyways.

If the news gets out today, they’ll not be killed as the sentiments are relaxed now but they’ll definitely lose their positions and with it, the protection of the council.

And that won’t be good.

The reason is because Prince Arthur had somehow, correctly deduced that they were behind Nicodemus’ death and had sent a message promising their deaths.

Because of them, he’d lost a supporter and the momentum of his rallies had fizzled out.

The moment they lose their position, Arthur would certainly kill them.

Only someone at the same level as him, an Elder, can stop him from doing what he wants. And they probably won’t stop him.

The Elders were more shrewd than that. They’ll use James and her to negotiate for something from Arthur.

That was why the truth must never get out.

She blinked as her desk phone rang. She picked it up. “Arbiter Anya speaking.”

“Arbiter, it’s me.”

Anya sat up straight. This was her informant at Decapolis. She needed to know all that was going on at the Ark now that Faewall had come on their radar.

“Yes, I’m listening.” She spoke.

“There’s movement from one of the Attendants under Elder Fortuna. His name is Michelangelo.”

“And?”

“Rumor has it he’s coming to Faewall personally.”

Anya sucked in a breath. This was bad. An Attendant coming by himself? It was totally bad. They can’t stop or hinder whatever he is coming for as he outranks everyone in the city.

“Estimated time of arrival?”

The informant told her and she calmed down. A week after James’s ball. That should be enough time to take care of everything.

“Be warned.” The informant said. “Michelangelo is known as the Mad Dog. Once he catches the scent of anything, he’ll chase it till the end and he has never once failed.”

Anya listened quietly. If she had a beating heart, it would’ve been beating like a drum.

“Whatever secrets you have hidden away there, I hope it isn’t too bad.” The informant paused before saying gravely. “For your own good.”

There was a click and the line went dead.

Anya sat there in her office staring blankly at the wall.

If the attendant was as good as they say, he’ll definitely be able to sniff something out because it’ll take too long to hide away all traces of this incident.

Even after taking care of Genesis, they’d have to silence Ezra and his remaining wives. If a missing or odd peacekeeper captain isn’t enough to arouse suspicion, she’ll eat her own hair.

This means there was only one option if it all falls apart.

She’ll betray James.

After all, he’d been the one to do most of the deed.