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Great Neither of them knehat to expect, then
"We’ve always maintained distance from each other, and have an unspoken pact We do not use them for sustenance, and they do not bespell us Until lately"
"So you’re uncomfortable around witches"
"I suppose"
"And you’re also at ith the Fae"
"Yes"
"And you hate goblins"
"Anyone with sense does"
Were vampires allied with anyone? Well, besides olves, their trusted protectors
Maybe you joined the wrong tea! She’d joined the right team She’d joined Riley’s tea else
Are you seriously angry with your own brain?
She hated that cynical inner voice Besides, what other team would she have joined? The witches? Yeah, that would have been nice Wasn’t like they could curse her every tiered them
Oh Wait They could
But, God, if she could just talk to a witch Ask a few questions, figure this thing out How, though? It wasn’t like the witches earing signs around their necks announcing what they were, or popping up at school or this ranch and asking if there was anything they could do for her
But Victoria and Riley could spot thelance What if they went into tohere ure out how they’d been su Aden was the source--and kidnapped a witch?
Her eyes widened Of course Kidnap a witch, ask questions, get answers and boom Success Death curse reversed
She could have danced
Of course, she’d never kidnapped anyone and had no idea how to go about it But she’d figure so out
Who are you?
The old Mary Ann never would have considered such a risky plan This was a neorld, however, and she had to adapt Or die She wasn’t ready to die
"Let’s backtrack to the witches…" After she outlined her plan to Victoria, the valanced over at her for the first tihtfully
"Excellent"
She beaht you so mercenary, Mary Ann"
Slowly her "beam" dimmed "What do you mean?"
"Only that I approve of your plan Kidnap and torture for inforain for our captive’s release If the witches vow never to curse us again, she lives"
And if they refused to offer such a vow? Mary Ann’s stomach hollowed No ould she commit murder And torture? No! In her mind, she kind of expected the witch to offer answers in exchange for freedoht differently And that she could resort to brutality so easily and without a hint of re all He-mannish Second, Victoria’s a vampire, remember? Raised by one of the hty years, and by her own adless Life had no true value to her Besides, witches weren’t human, Mary Ann didn’t think, but they were a source of irritation to the vampire Irritations were probably to be snuffed out immediately Painfully
That’s what Vlad the Impaler had most likely done, and that’s what Victoria assumed she needed to do Someone would have to teach her otherwise
So New task to add to Mary Ann’s ever-growing list Teach Victoria to respect other species Hopefully, Riley wouldn’t need the lesson, as well If he did, however, she would give it to hi unless absolutely necessary
Unless absolutely necessary? Who are you? she wondered again And just hoas she supposed to teach a va when they were far older than she was and had a lifetioing to wake up?" Victoria suddenly asked
Mary Ann pulled herself frohts "When his body is ready, I suppose Rest is healing"
"I wish…I wish I could turn him into a vampire Then his skin would be indestructible"
She really needed to eliminate that word from her vocabulary Vampire skin could be burned by je la nune; at least, that’s what she thought Aden had called it He’d also said je la nune was fire dipped in acid then wrapped in poison and sprinkled with radiation Or so like that That’s as hidden inside of Victoria’s ring
What a painful way to die Mary Ann wasn’t sure Aden would prefer that to the few cuts and bruises he had now
"He’s going to die, you know?" Victoria said softly She rested her head on Aden’s chest, as if she were listening to his heartbeat Silky black hair spread around her shoulders and draped over the arether, they looked like a azine ad for a fancy perfume "Has he told you yet?"