Page 19 (1/2)

"Don’t freak out Even if you’re not feeling her, Avery isn’t dead It doesn’t work like that because Sebastian is still able to feel Ella through death She must be unconscious" I’m not sure if this should make me feel better or not

"That means he took too er to our baby

"Or nant A lot of wo and it doesn’twith them or the baby"

Side effects this early don’t seenant, it’s only a few days It see like that to happen"

"Chansey’s pregnancy didn’t progress at a normal rate and Avery’s won’t either so who’s to say it’s too soon?"

I wanted to believe in Curry’s theory–and I appreciate hi me Avery was in trouble The only solace I could find was in knowing she wasn’t dead But how long could she last with Vincent if I didn’t find her soon? "I’ to inflict so much pain on that bastard when I find him"

"As much as I’d love to be the one to take hier than mine so I’ll happily stand aside and watch as you kill hih the heart was far too co much slower and more painful "Have you ever seen a vampire die in the sun?"

"Yes and it looks like an excruciating way to go You hear this sound that can only be co oil And the s flesh releases a putrid stench as it burns in the sun The odor is well beyond that of a human’s body as it burns by fire"

Good That sounds like the perfect way for Vincent and Gloriana Godfrey to die

A week passes and then another Teeks That’s how long I’ve been separated fro my mind

Avery’s menstrual cycle is due today It will conant but I won’t be by her side to share in the joy I’ll re if I’m to become a father or not until we find theressed once the first two h and Avery gives birth while she remains with Vincent? That would be a disaster

"You’re in deep thought What’s on yourupon my attention but I don’t respond because I’h to confide et Avery back And hter will be returned as well" She looks down at her great-grandson in her arranddaughter lying on the couch next to her "And these till be reunited with their mother very soon"

This woman has led a dynamic life She was once a blood swan and then later becahter was one of Anteros’s chosen few Is it possible for that to be a coincidence? "Do youhow you becahteen I wanted to support her and being a blood sas the best way for me to do that"

I remember she didn’t remain an active blood swan for more than four years "Why did you stop after such a short time?"

"I met someone–a vampire–and he didn’t want me to share my blood with others He wanted it only for hi "You became his blood doll?"

She nods, unashamed "For almost three years"

Who terminated their relationship? "You ended it because you met your husband?"

"No He called it off because I was in love with hied to be turned I wanted to spend eternity with him so I pleaded constantly but he refused He said he had come to love me too much to turn me into a monster like him"

She must be ápe"

"I don’t kno it’s possible but he loved me I don’t doubt it for a second" She’s very confident about it

"You never saw hiain?"

"Not once in half a century but it isn’t froave up when I realized he wouldn’t be found if he didn’t want to be" The sadness is still in her eyes after all these years "Being in Savannah brings back all of those memories"

Savannah? "You were here with your vampire?"