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"I stopped at a coffee shop after that, then the market When I ca at a bus stop to return here when they appeared, out frorabbed round, and they pressed ainst the wall One of them turned to look at me, and that’s when I realized they were vampires I tried to look away, but…"
Vaical as she was, couldn’t possibly hope to stand up against them
"They both fed on me" Her voice was thick, and she blushed "I liked it They made me like it I feel…dirty Used"
"Yeah, they do that" I flashed a look at Kaylin that said, Don’t say a word, and then knelt beside her "Did they do anything…else to you?"
She shook her head "They dragged oing to kill er one--just told rinned and said that next time, he’d finish me himself He said my blood eet" Another shudder, another look of horror "That’s right when you came in"
"Kaylin, take her back to the Barrow andbut wrapped his arain, helped her stand It was obvious she eak Luna was short, pluiven hih, and he picked her up as if she were light as a feather and carried her out the door, calling to one of the guards to accompany him
As they left, I turned to Grieve and Rhiannon "Want to ina?"
"You need to take guards with you, since I alowered He hated it when I went into Lannan’s territory without hi the a lit rag to a can of gasoline
I bit o, I would have said no Now? Not so much But they can’t ride in the car The iron would hurt theina’s private number
Within seconds, the Emissary for the Crimson Court answered, her voice slick like honey and oil
"Regina, Geoffrey and Leo just delivered a bloody ht You will allow theht?"
Silence for a count of one…two…three Then she answered, in a voice that wavered only in the slightest But that faint quiver told uards to be ready for theina, thank you" Without waiting for an answer, I punched the End Talk button I knew Regina well enough to know that she wasn’t going to say anything e in plans, and they took off, heading for Lannan and Regina’s mansion
As Rhiannon and I prepared to leave, I held out ly into ood idea" Softly, I kissed his lips, and he growled a little, causing the wolf tattoo on my stomach to respond "I’ll be careful, I promise"
"See that you are" His dark eyes were as black as those of the va stars Platinum hair cascaded down his shoulders, and he reached up, sole of cinna You are my Queen Do not let the darkness s you, , I turned to Rhiannon, who followedtoward Regina and Lannan’s mansion They would meet us there
As we hurried to uards waited beside it, nition, dreading what the rest of the night held Because I knew in et worse
"They’re never going to give up until they get even, are they?" Rhia leaned her head against the atching as the evening dusk grew deeper
I shook my head "No I don’t think so I wish I could say yes and erous as Myst, but we can’t underestiina sounded alina?"
"Yeah, I know--an oxymoron But she sounded…cautious"
My sto on the icy street as I navigated through the silent neighborhoods So h so back, the town seemed unnaturally quiet and subdued
"We’ll knohat she knows soon enough" I turned onto the street that led toward Lannan’s ed to Geoffrey until he’d defied the Crient Now, Lannan Altos, the golden boy of the vampire nation, and my personal nemesis, had taken over the job
The brilliantwhite with gold trih, ho kne round Columns lined the wraparound porch, and urns sported rosebushes now nestled beneath the snow The tableau suggested a Grecian te to New Forest
The entire estate sprawled across two acres, fully gated and surrounded by snow-covered gardens and security guards in dark suits Vauns and stakes and whatever else they ainst enelasses, and dressed in black suits, the va on But there was no mistake--they were vampires, far deadlier than the yuuards hurried up to open ave us only a cursory pat-down I politely turned overI slipped it into the weapons case one of them carried I’d pick it up on the way back