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Tane stumbled to a halt as they entered another s as the one above

"Hell," he ard hi?"

"I just realized I’ue faltered over the unfahter broke the ootten caves "What’s so funny?"

"I’ the T-ball tea open Laylah’s cloak to reveal the child she held in her arms

Vampires could procreate in their oay So" they created, but Tane had never considered creating a foundling

Hell, he hadn’t wanted a mate

He’d already royally screwed up one relationship; he didn’t feel the need for a repeat performance

Until Laylah

And now Maluhia

They were a family

His family

And he would die to protect thely admitted What was T-ball? "But, I can teach hi his prey and how to kill with his bare hands and …"

"Enough," she laughingly protested, shaking her head

"What?"

She glanced down at the child "Weskills"

Heas we love and protect the child, what else matters?"

Laylah lifted her head, her eyes shi between the at all," she said softly Then, visibly squaring her shoulders, she headed toward the small antechamber at the back of the cavern "Let’s do this"

She’d taken only a few steps when she came to an abrupt halt "What happened?"

She shivered "I felt …"

"What?"

"I think we tripped a spell"

"Da his sword ready, Tane turned in a slow circle, scanning the cavern When nothing happened hea fullyou can’t see? "Why isn’t so?"

"It doesn’t necessarily have to be an offensive spell" She grirowled

"Probably," she admitted "He alas a paranoid ass"

"If he knoe’re here then it won’t be long before he lanced in her direction "We must leave"

"He can’t knoho or what tripped his spell Besides it will take them hours, if not days, to travel here"

"Not with the Sylvermyst"

"Oh" She made a sour face "Portals"

"Exactly We can’t risk re here"

She bit her lower lip, her expression troubled "I’m sorry, Tane I don’t knohy, but we have to stay The baby needs to be here"

"Laylah" He clenched his teeth as she headed directly into the antechah a narrow crack in the wall "Where are you going?"

"I don’t know"

"Perfect" Squeezing through the rocks, Tane was forced to sacrifice skin off several parts of his body, and a chunk of his hair "This wasn’t exactly the honeylanced over her shoulder, her wicked sravation

Hell, a set a nuclear attack

"Once we’ve made certain Maluhia is safe and freed of the stasis spell I intend to give you a honeyroaned at her throaty voice "Christ, woh another curve in the passageway before it spilled into a wide opening Laylah gave a sudden gasp, hurrying across the stone floor to stand before a visible rift in the air

"Here," she breathed

Tane stood before the shis scared an ancient vampire

This was one

"You found the child here?"