m

her

room as he turns around to walk away. The two men who had been flan

pan of a few moments that he is no longer concerned about the fact that he said he didn't want to let me take m

female o

ather for a few seconds before he simply says,

g is too busy presently to take care of filing whatever paperwork needs

have more important

to separate from her just a little bit. The two male vampires are hovering just in front of us, giving us a m

can't latch on to me again. I drop to one knee and look into her eyes. "Lola, baby, it's o

an who cares so much about her appearance, who is always asking to go shopping or get her hair and nails done, looks like th

d her. The brother who is so focused on the fact that he is set to be the next Alpha that he appears oblivious to the chaos around him. I have to look

idea what the rules are for feeders calling home, but if everything I've heard is true, I will never see anyone I've ever met before today again for the

but this time all of t

ory." Her hand comes down on my shoulder, and I can hear in the kind woman's

rius, the man I imagined I'd be mated to and spend the rest of my life with, but I can count on Margaret. Darius is behind her,

de down my cheeks and then turn back to Lola. "See?" I ask her. "Everything

she manages to get out on t

rls clears his throat. He is trying to politely tell me that I am preven

mise her. It is an empty p

w?" she sq

to my lips. "One

e, reaches for my arm. He is not as

ice with him. He doesn't withdraw his h

er. "More than anything in the whole world. I will see you again. One way or another." I do

fact that she cannot save me. She cannot interject herself into the situation and be

ife of a feeder, a life spent living or dying among our enemies. No, I love her too much for that. Even if it means I never lay eyes on her sweet face a

ret's open arms, I stand and take a deep breath. The older vampire

n imagine she didn't mean for this to happen. She obviously wouldn't hesitate for a

shed a tear because he is in the home of his enemy, I can s

shaking his head

ch his face crumble. "You are not the man I always thought you were." The older vampire's hands clamp onto

t it, to have betrayed your pack by spending money you did not have to acquire territory you did not need, and then sacrificing yo

vampires begin to take me away, I wal

and I hear a thunk on the floor that tells me what has happened before I glance over my shoulder to see my mother lyi

his face is unreadable. I can't tell i

my arm, and I smell a spirt of my own blood as it trickles down my arm. I look up at him, wondering if the scent will entice him

ing up on my right and getting in front

through the curtain that the other one, the one who actually loo

it is opened for me, I fully expect to

o see is familiar blu

aited on the other sid

e says to the younger vampire, "Rainer, I've got to go out to the garden." H

s that rich chuckle again before

y are talking about, bu

is head. Then, turning to Clark, who is still gripping me tightly, he says, "She

I think I might've heard an apolo

st a... room. Then, go check on th

nd I can hear he's not happy with

turns to walk away. Right before his head swivels ar

what to say. He is gone, down the hallway in a b

e. And if you don't want me to drag you, you'd best

if I tried to take off back the way I've come, to throw open the door, make my way through t

en if I did, where would I go? Not to

g along behind him as he quickly navigates the hallways, t

y two male vampires, their eyes staring dead ah

waft of mold, mildew, blood, and urine hitt

where we are going now. To the cells, the dungeon, th

here I was