Machiavellianism

It's time for the annual Cunning.

Where human combatants fight each other to the death.

Azazel always thought she had the perfect world. Servants who would literally do anything for her, and enough humans in her kingdom to satisfy her hunger for eternity.

And what better way to top it all off than with a consort?

Antonio Barem.

The love of her life.

He's everything to her... until he discovers her biggest secret.

Her absorptions.

And she's ...