re. Maria was ecstatic.
“We crept down toward Monterreyher former homeand she unleashed us on her enemies. They had
only nine newborns at the timeand a pair of older vampires controlling them. We took them down more
easily than Maria could believelosing only four in the process. It was an unheard-of margin of victory.
“And we were well trained. We did it without attracting notice. The city changed hands without any human
being aware.
“Success made Maria greedy. It wasn’t long before she began to eye other cities. That first yearshe
extended her control to cover most of Texas and northern Mexico. Then the others came from the South to
dislodge her.”
He brushed two fingers along the faint pattern of scars on his arm.
“The fighting was intense. Many began to worry that the Volturi would return. Of the original twenty-three
I was the only one to survive the first eighteen months. We both won and lost. Nettie and Lucy turned on
Maria eventually ― but that one we won.
“Maria and I were able to hold on to Monterrey. It quieted a littlethough the wars continued. The idea of
conquest was dying out; it was mostly vengeance and feuding now. So many had lost their partnersand that is
something our kin,
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