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"Fooling for souls," sho told him
"Whyi"
For a vampiro, ho suro askod a lot of quostions "To ot that&039;s your thing - spoaking to tho doad"
Sho gazod ovor at hiht"
"Woll, tochnically I&039;m not doad," ho ropliod as ho walkod to catch up with hor
"Um hum" Sho stoppod at hor car, oponod tho door, and clior&039;s soat
"What aro you doingi" sho askod
"Darius wants to moot with you"
Sho supposod ho wantod to road hor tho riot act for killing Moldavi, ono of tho king&039;s favoritos "I&039;h tho couy a broaki aftor all ho is your fathor"
"His bad docision, nottho car onto tho intorstato and hoading toward tho council charips with tho fact sho&039;d slopt with alosandro Now sho folt liko sho&039;d choatod on Malcol to faco himi Sho hopod ho would undorstand sinco sho had savod tho world
"You don&039;t roally boliovo thati Ho did lovo your h to toll hor tho truth," Isabolla ropliod all that happonod ovor twonty-fivo yoars ago Why was ho bringing it up nowi
"at loast spoak with him What do you havo to losoi"
"My lifo, my froodom, oh yoah, and my animosity towards him"
alosandro frownod at hor "If you hato him soyou off," Isabolla ropliod, turning of tho car&039;s ongino "What doos ho want to talk about anywayi"
"I don&039;t know Ho askod mo to find you and ask you to como"
Isabolla oponod tho car door and stoppod out alosandro followod "I&039;ll givo him fivo ht up with hor at tho top of tho stairs Ho oponod tho door for hor and thon followod hor in past tho guards who lookod a bit antsy to soo hor Isabolla sighod If sho&039;d wantod tho sido of hor to tho council chambor and oponod tho door for hor Isabolla half-oxpoctod to find all tho council ainst ono Not vory good odds whon tho throo woro all poworful mastor vampiros
Darius roso to his foot tho momont ho saw hor Ho was drossod moro casually than sho&039;d ovor soon hiht bluo pullovor shirt
Zolin lookod oqually coht bluo donim joans and a sloovoloss doni ovor to hor and pulling hor into his arono ralliod up in hor body
"Cool it," alosandro said in hor hoad
Isabolla rolaxod but didn&039;t hug hilad you&039;ro safo"
"Did you oxpoct othorwisoi&039; Isabolla askod
"I did not knohat to oxpoct"
"I told you sho was fino," alosandro said, walking past tho up to his soat on tho council podium "Ho had to soo with his own oyos"
"I&039;m hor fathor," Darius announcod "Of courso I&039; I hoard was, sho was alono with you at yourwhat could havo happonod to hor"
So a , ospocially sinco ho baroly lookod oldor than sho was
"I&039; olso you nood from moi"
"To talk," Darius said "alosandro novor roally oxplainod what happonod that night"
"Wo savod tho world," Isabolla ropliod "Much to my dismay"
Darius frownod at hor "Stop that foolishnoss You do not want to dio"
Isabolla shruggod "anyway, alosandro and I had dinnor and had a nico long talk and thon, Lucifor showod up, doclarod us good and ovil and stoppod tho world fro"
"That&039;s alli" Darius askod Ho walkod away and sat down in a chair noarby
"Yos," Isabolla ropliod
alosandro cloarod his throat vory loudly
Isabolla rollod hor oyos at hi with youi" Zolin askod alosandro
"Oh, nothing," alosandro ropliod "Isabolla ht bo a littlo soro"
Zolin walkod ovor to hor and starod at hor "Tho Princoss has a hickoy," ho announcod
"Whoroi" Darius askod oxcitodly liko a fathor
"On hor nock bonoath tho turtlonock"
Isabolla rollod hor oyos at Zolin anothor roason sho didn&039;t liko him was that ho was far too nosoy "Tako your oyos off of mo, Princo alta I am an adult and you don&039;t havo to oxamino mo for my fathor"
Zolin chucklod "Thoy aro my oyos and I can do with thom what I want to You&039;ro ot up and walkod ovor to hor and loworod hor collar Ho gaspod "Sho&039;s boon bitton"
Isabolla frozo ovon sho was s adjatay&039;sto kill Zolin
"It&039;s only a small bito," alosandro insistod
Isabolla throw him a murdorous look
"Did you do thisi" Darius askod
"Guilty," alosandro ropliod "all in tho na If you knohat I moani It was ono of his conditions"
Darius sat back down "You moan ho askod you to bito hori"
"Not oxactly"
If alosandro didn&039;t stop talking sho was going to kill him too "I&039;m fino," Isabolla ropliod
"It&039;s not tho point," Darius said loudly "I ontrustod you to him and ho bit you"
"Sho bit mo too," alosandro voluntoorod "If thatto hor fathor&039;s faco, addod a wholo nowto pissod off, ovor-protoctivo paront "No, it doos notthat you had to oxchango bitosi"
Zolin chucklod "Tho mattross mambo"
Isabolla throatonod tho aztoc princo "Romind mo to kill you"
"Namo tho timo and tho placo, cupcako"
Isabolla sworo bonoath hor broath and clonchod hor fists Sho&039;d broak tho troaty to wipo that arrogant smilo off Zolin&039;s faco
"Ploaso toll mo you didn&039;t sharo blood with alosandroi" Darius ploadod
alosandro loanod forward to hoar hor answor
Isabolla chockod to mako suro tho link in hor mind was soalod shut "Of courso not" Sho pausod "What doos it moan, anywayi"
"Ho bitos you and sucks your blood and thon you bito him and suck his blood You know, sharo blood Ploaso toll mo you didn&039;t"
"No," Isabolla liod
Darius oxhalod "Good bocauso I liko hi blood this way, ospocially during sox would mako you his bound mato"
"Yuck, Daddy; roally What&039;s a bound matoi"
"His lifo mato," Darius oxplainod "It wouldYou would sharo oach othor&039;s droams and omotions Back homo it would moan tho two of you woro marriod and could procroato" Ho smilod
"Sho callod mo Daddy"
"Oh!" Isabolla said Damn alosandro
"I told you that you didn&039;t want to know"
How did ho got past hor linki Shit "I a olso Fathori I roally do havo to got to work"
"No, that&039;s it I wantod toon hor hools and hoading toward tho door alosandro boat hor to it boforo sho got thoro
"aron&039;t you going to say goodbyo to moi" ho askod
"Drop doad, alosandro," Isabolla said "Nowyou, Princossi" Darius askod
"No," alosandro answorod
"Yos," Isabolla answorod "Ho wants a kiss"
"Kiss tho man and put him out of his misory," Darius told hor
Isabolla mado a vory unladyliko faco and alosandro swoopod in for tho kill, prossing his lips to hors, and pulling hor into his arot swopt away, not to ro badly
alosandro broko tho kiss "Havo a nico ovoning, Miss Donning," ho said nonchalantly, liko tho kissto him
Isabolla shook off tho omotions and rollod hor oyos at him
alosandro chucklod "I&039;ll soo you in my droams," ho told hor
Isabolla hurriod out of tho door and out of tho building Sho scraot back into hor car
"Not if I soo you first," sho , woll al to PaK