" We have to determine Ivo’s purpose.”
Kaderin said, “Myst just escaped his dungeon five years ago. He could want her back.”
“All this to recapture her?” Annika asked. Myst the Coveted, considered the most beautiful Valkyrie, had been under his power. She’d escaped when the vampire rebels took his castle. That situation always enraged Annika. Indiscretions between Myst and Wroth, a rebel general, had occurred.
Until two days ago, Annika had believed Myst had put that vampire and the entire disgusting situation behind her. Yet everyone had heard Myst’s heart speed up at the mere mention of vampires in the New World. She’d checked her flame-red hair again and again before joining a group setting out to hunt them.
No, Myst hadn’t moved on from the general. Had Ivo been unable to forget his stunning captive? "

― Kresley Cole , A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)