He wrapped himself around me and gave me one last kiss. "Don't tempt me, Samantha. We'll have plenty of time together later. We need to get Marguerite out of the way so we can move forward. If you can take care of this quickly, we'll soon be on our way to-"
"Do you want me to kill her?"
"No. I'm going to do that myself. The last time I left that up to someone else, look what happened. She lived and now we have to deal with killing her. Again."
"If that's the case, why don't you come with me and you can just take her out on the spot?"
"With her being so special to those on the throne, there are certainly many eyes on her. They wouldn't leave her alone, not really. We can't risk killing her where she is. She must be lured away so that I can kill her here."
"That makes sense. We can't just show up or we could have an entire army of vampires come out from hiding and overtake us."
"Exactly. Right now, I just need you to find out what she knows and build some rapport with her. Keep an eye out for any vampires following her, either from far away or close up. Then report back to me and we'll plan out the next steps. We can't have any errors this time. If anyone else kills her, I will return the favor and kill them. Unfortunately, that includes you, my pet. I don't want to do that, so please just follow the plan."
There were certainly disadvantages to being with Vince, but I wasn't going to complain. I'd worked hard to win him over and someday we'd be leading together. My family had been removed from the throne; I was determined to find a way back on, and Vince was my best chance. We both wanted the same thing; that's what made us such a good team.