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Kaitlyn nodded, knowing that was the best she could hope for

Just when Zack thought the day would never end, he felt the shift in the atan its slow descent The absence of its deadly rays was a welcoht had burned his eyes, its heat hadhis veins He had never realized he needed to be in a dark place for the daylight sleep to overtake hi on the brink of oblivion, unable to escape the sun’s heat, he had cowered under the blankets, squir like a worm on a hot rock It had been the worst day of his life The only relief he had known cathened hihtfulness

Nightfall did nothing to ease the pain of the silver shackles His neck and ankles were rahere the ainst his skin

He had told Kaitlyn the sunlight wouldn’t o up in smoke, but he wasn’t sure he could survive another day in the sun

Feeling as though he were s under the blankets, he jerked the down at hi in the doorway as the lared at Drake, wondering if the vah his heart Instead, the mortal stepped forward and unlocked the chain from the bolt in the wall

"Get up," Drake said "Torrance, bring hi on, Drake turned on his heel and started down the tower stairs

Torrance tugged on the chain around Zack’s neck Resigned, Zack followed the man, his steps hobbled by the shackles around his ankles

When they reached the bottoht of stairs, Drake moved down the main floor hallway to a narroooden door that opened onto another stairway

Zack’s trepidation increased as they descended farther and farther underground One flight Two Three And they came to another door He swore under his breath as Drake opened it

Zack shuddered as a h the open doorway How many people had suffered in this place? Howforhis jaw, he followed Drake and Torrance into the bowels of the dungeon

Drake opened the door to the last cell on the right

Tugging on the chain, Torrance forced Zack into the cell and fastened the chain around his neck to a bolt in the wall

"Torrance, leave us," Drake said

The lance

Zack flinched when Drake shut and locked the cell door "What now?" he asked, turning to face his captor "You gonna leave ht crossed my mind"

"Listen, Kaitlyn told randfather took ’e to do with me"

"Does it not?"

"No If I was the kind of inhu monster you seem to think I am, I’d have killed Katy and bled her dry by now"

"Katy" Drake spoke the word slowly, so that it came out in two syllables Ka-ty

"Dament You left her alone in Lake Tahoe"

"Where do you coinally? A little town outside of London that doesn’t exist any have you been a vaive or take a few"

"Have you made others of your kind?"

"Just one At her request She works for ed "I didn’t want the responsibility What about you? Have you made other vampires?"

"We cannot turn others into e are What powers do you hold?"

"Just the run-of-the-mill stuff The ability to read mortal minds To dissolve into mist To transport e shape" He grinned "Into soht have been aone

"What about you?" Zack asked "Any extra perks fro born a vampire?"

"None beyond what you have ht, that they shared the same preternatural powers, yet acquired them in totally different ways "Can you be active when the sun is up?"