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Once Zack’s frustration receded and his anger cooled, he gave serious thought as to how to get Kaitlyn back He had no idea where her father had taken her, although the Fortress she had talked about seeical destination But whether her father had taken her there or so her wouldn’t be a problem He had tasted her blood and she had tasted his All he had to do was follow the blood bond that bound theht, he infor town on Saturday for an extended vacation Assuring her that he would keep in touch, he gave her the combination to the safe, as well as a list of bar supplies that needed to be ordered on Monday Once he was satisfied she understood his instructions, he left the casino and drove to his favorite haunt in the city Transporting froy and concentration Best to be wellfed before he atte his car in the lot, he entered the nightclub andthe custo first one and then another Mortals all sees, he mused The et it, or money, and how to make more of it The wos--their husbands, their children, their hair, their weight He had yet to ure and wasn’t obsessed with losing five to ten pounds, orat the far end of the bar, alone She was pretty, she was single, and she was happy to be so As was her wont, she had stopped in for a drink on her way ho department

It took little effort to draw her attention When sheto her mind, he told her to follow hi her by the hand, he led her into the alley that ran between the nightclub and the building next door

There had been a ti wouilt hadn’t lasted long Not feeding regularly was far erous for his prey He had learned early that people died when he waited too long It was iony

He spoke quietly to the wo her that he meant her no harm, and then he bent his head to her neck and drank When he had taken all he dared, he escorted her back into the nightclub, then wiped the incident from her mind

She blinked at him as he released her from his enchantment

Zack smiled at her "Can I buy you a drink?"

"What?" She looked confused for a moment

"I asked if I could buy you a drink"

"Do I know you?"

"Zack, rerinned inwardly He knew she was trying to figure out why she felt faint and disoriented and why she didn’t re him to sit with her Since he had erased his memory fro in an alley with a vampire And even if the o home, Karen," he said

"Yes Yes, I should" She stared at hihtclub, her steps a little wobbly, due, no doubt, to the aood cause, Zack mused as he left the bar and drove back to the casino Toht would find hi sun Ti able to close his eyes and transport himself from one location to another was one of his favorite vampire perks After he was first turned, it had taken a little getting used to, and even knowing he was nearly indestructible, it had scared the hell out of him the first few times he had tried it And there was always the fear, at least in the beginning, that he o and wind up inside aThankfully, that had never happened

At first, he had gone only short distances--from one city to another, then one state to another, then across the country He had been a va from country to country, and then he’d wondered why he had waited so long

Of course, he had to tiht It wouldn’t do to arrive at his destination when the sun was up A quick check on the coured if he left in the next few h time to find a suitable place to hole up until sundown

He took a quick shower, dressed, and left his lair Transporting himself to the woods near Kaitlyn’s cabin, he concentrated on the link between thee of supernatural power stir the leaves on the trees as he opened his senses The bond between theether, a sort of preternatural GPS that only he could see All he had to do was follow it

The sense of h time and space had once filled him with trepidation; now, it was a thrill like no other A rush of cold wind, a sense of weightlessness, of being part of the very air that surrounded hi outside a h nificent, with tall, narrow, leaded s on the ground floor Three wide stone steps led to a pair of iron-strapped doors that looked strong enough to withstand an ar else

He went to ground in the midst of a stand of timber located behind the Fortress Mortals would undoubtedly consider spending the day buried in the ground utterlyHe had heard of old vareeary of their long existence Others ere bored with a particular century went to ground until it was over

Zack had never done that, but he could see hoaking in a new century e of a hundred years, there would be new inventions to explore, new dynasties, new fashions, perhaps a new language, new countries, new methods of cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>