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Magdalena squawked with sudden laughter at the suggestion. 'I'm sure if we suggested to Amon that everyone should come with us, he could arrange it!' I had gotten to know a little of the girls, but of everyone at Rooksgrave, Magdalena and Booker had been my real companions. I gasped and jumped up from the floor and my half-empty case, launching myself toward Magdalena, nearly bowling her over as I wrapped my arms around her. 'I'm going to miss you, Esther Reed,' Magdalena said softly, one elegant finger flicking under her eye. I was ready for an adventure, but hopefully, one that was a bit less of a juggle between life and death for myself and my men. Maybe it was cowardly, but the idea of us packing up and moving safely out of Birsha's reach was a comforting one. I had just survived a battle with Birsha, and I wasn't sure how eagerly I was looking forward to a second one. I hummed in answer, ignoring the implication. 'And when they're ready to strike, we'll be there to help them.' 'Trust me, I’ve had enough interactions with Birsha now to say that sooner or later, he's going to piss off the wrong monsters,' I said, shuddering and thinking of the bleeding heart on Birsha's plate. Sometimes, a lifetime of alienation turns a creature against those who rejected them and toward a man like Birsha.' I was trying to protect her, but I failed my clients. 'I hate to think what she might've driven some to. I had Mary under my roof for years,' she murmured, scowling. Monsters experience suspicion, the disgust, especially when they risk opening themselves up to scrutiny.

Surely we can't be the only ones who realize it.' 'I wonder if others want to be ready for this fight.' Magdalena lifted her hand to her lips, rubbing her fingertips back and forth in thought. 'We may not be ready to retaliate, but we can at least try to prepare.' 'And we will do our best to find everything we can to help find anything useful against Birsha,' I said, chin lifting. Or grouping, I thought slyly, remembering my evenings in the lounges. I smiled at the thought of Rooksgrave being full of all manner of monsters and humans coupling happily together.

I think the rigid structure of gentleman and lady has gone on long enough.' And lucky that so many girls and clients aren't ready to give up on the house.

'Neither are you,' I said, glancing at her.

I nodded, because she was right, even if it didn't always feel like it. 'You're not to blame,' Magdalena said more firmly. Cassie, and the vampires George and Enrique, who had both been resting below Rooksgrave.

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