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Of course, I didn’t know that for three horrible, heartbreaking, soul-crushing days I’d wished for death during that tiht when I’d lie inhim

Those memories were so intense, I felt that despair as if it was fresh It crept into my mind, into my limbs

In the interest of self-preservation, I skipped ahead to the day that I went to see Lucius, Bo’s vampire friend He was a mentor of sorts to Bo He was s that no one else did I’d gone to his cabin in the woods to get some answers

I thought of that day and found that, if I concentrated hard enough, I could still s of the fire in his underground mansion

Diving head first into the details of that day, I felt the pain fade into the background as I faded back in time

CHAPTER ONE

“Co to the door that led to the cabin’s luxurious base I know”

I looked at Lucius—a copper-haired, pale-skinned, very powerful vaht’ve hesitated before going deep beneath the ground, deep beneath the cabin’s only exit with Lucius, especially by myself

But today, there was not even a pause in my step as I followed him down I believed he had answers that I needed—answers about Bo, information I needed more than I needed to live or breathe I had to know if Bo was alive, no matter the risk

When we reached the botto staircase, Lucius approached the heavy door and awakened the sophisticated lock that kept intruders out He put his thumb to the biometric pad and then punched in some numbers When the door popped open, he swept his ar for me to precede him

Once again, I was amazed by the perfectly recreated Victorian parlor that spread out before e fireplace and ornate tri back in time, back to a posh e to think that a ht probably Irish) decent would favor surroundings such as these

I crossed the hardwoods and rug to the couch where Bo had lain the last time I’d been in the room I couldn’t contain the shiver of pleasure that coursed throughinto my throat, his body pressed to ain, couldn’t touch him, couldn’t smell him

Perching on the edge of the cushion, I pushed those thoughts aside and asked without prea on?”

“Bo’s alive, aht?”

My heart sank “That’s what I caht you knew”

Lucius wagged his head back and forth “I suspected”

“That Bo didn’t die?”