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Sheto think like that, rehed If she only had a day to live, she didn’t want to spend it doing this, she realized Visiting a crypt Searching for a possibly dead, possibly alive va witches She wanted to be back in bed with Riley She wanted to go hoht Victoria had convinced him they’d interacted recently, but they hadn’t, and she ress with the witch, that’s what she was going to do In that order
"You’re not going to die tomorrow," Riley said
"How did you--never ain
He stopped in the center of a large winding circle, placing his feet in…concrete grooves? He pulled her flush against hi into her, and wrapped his arround began entling her "We’ll descend and start spinning in just a few seconds Just hold on tothe carnival rides she’d enjoyed as a child But then, she’d been strapped into a seat
"Slowly Proan to slowly spin and inch doard, into a wide chasm that fored itself at their feet The lower they went, the more the scent of dust and--her nose wrinkled--old pennies saturated the air
"That smell… I would have bet… I can’t believe…hurave "And very recent" He very gently, but very quickly moved Mary Ann behind hi fro for attack "It’s too late to get you topside, so e reach the bottoainst a wall Do not move from that spot Okay? You won’t be able to see, so you won’t knohere to step"
"But you will?" she asked on a tre breath
"Yes"
The foundation jolted as they hit botto her, and all that darkness Riley had proripped her waist and shoved her backward, until so hard and cold met her back Then the comfort of his hands vanished, and she was left alone With the darkness
She heard the drip of water, the shuffle of feet, a frustrated curse from Riley Several curses, actually, and her tremors intensified Would Vlad, if he truly was alive, really attack a favored wolf? Would Tucker really ambush him? Tucker would never hurt Mary Ann, she was certain of that, but he’d always been a fighter, and that courtesy ht not extend to her current boyfriend
A scrape of stone against stone, followed by another curse froone," he croaked "Vlad’s gone Unless his body was snatched, which no one here would have done, he’s out there And like Tucker told you, he’s probably planning to ruin Aden"
TWENTY-EIGHT
ADEN GAVE HIMSELF A PEP talk as he tugged the witch, Jennifer, through the misty forest This ork Your friends will be saved You’ll get through this just fine
She was still blindfolded, her ar to knohat he was doing with her So far, he’d ignored her, but finally they were far enough away fro, would pick up on the conversation
"What a you go"
"I don’t believe you!" She stu her up "Otherwise you’d cut the rope I mean, really Your Drainer used up most of my powers, so I’m pretty helpless now You don’t have to worry aboutlike that"
"You’ve said that before, about the Drainer, but as I told you, I don’t knohat that is"
She laughed without huo our separate ways and pretend this never happened"
As if She’d never forget Neither would he, for that ht This is the spot Elijah sounded soleh, Aden stopped Jennifer didn’t realize and burip prevented her fro her, feeling her desperation If he did this, there was no going back You don’t want to go back She would be on the loose, would want revenge against those who had wronged her
But hehiic, he removed her blindfold, quickly ers Instantly, she whirled on hi a spell, or, at the very least, a punch So
What would he do if she ran fro him with her?
"Why did you do that?" she asked "Did you think a nice deed would cause uess what? There won’t be athat was done to ood as dead, human"
She tossed the words at him as if they eapons
Don’t listen to her, Elijah said
He blinked in surprise "You think they’ll be okay?"