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"If he questions me, he knoill bite him next He wants me to bite him even less than I want to do it"
Stupidly I stood in front of her, not sure what to do
"Turn your doll around on the way out"
"What?"
She pointed to the dollhouse and began stitching vines I hadn’t seen her change the color, she was that fast Clearly she was also finished with our conversation, although she continued chuckling to herself
Beside the door I stopped and looked into the dollhouse A surine with curly blonde hair peered out atat Monica, I expected so me until I turned the doll around and faced her into a corner so she ures in the other rooms
"Good luck, Secret," Monica said then, as I opened the door "I have the feeling you’re going to need it"
Chapter Seventeen
The narrow hall outside Monica’s cha and Juan Carlos couldn’t be far away I took the ainst the cool stone wall, I closed h my nose a few times
It couldn’t be that simple There was no way
Even the cold, textured surface of the wall couldn’t distract me
This had been far too close for coh to believe it would be over so easily Monica had said she’d only tell Sig, and Sig already knew the truth But I’d obviously been sloppy enough to show up on the council’s radar What a fool I’d been to believe I could get mixed up with the wolves and it wouldn’t eventually turn around to bite me in the ass in my vampire life
It didn’t matter that Monica wanted to keepit because I a would it be before her aht it would be more fun to throwmuch worse?
Was there a precedent for this situation?
What would the council do if they found out a half-as ruling over the I was half-hu to be a h, and that made me worry more than it would have if Monica had just outedthe wall, and pressed ainst the stone I was squatted like that when Sig and Juan Carlos came back down the hall Even when they stood over azes, I didn’t look up
"It ell, then?" Sig asked His voice sounded shockingly loud given how quiet the hall had previously been I was glad so of reat," I said into the wall
"What did she say?"
"She will tell you, and only you" I swiveled h aze on Juan Carlos He and I stared at each other, neither of us showing a gli hi "Guess she doesn’t like Juan Carlos Can’t iure who kept Juan Carlos and hts whenever ithin five feet of each other--said nothing and walked on towards Monica’s chaone, the Spanish vampire and I continued to eyeball each other coldly
Juan Carlos took two steps forward and came to squat besidehad less to do with power A ould never lower himself to my level because it would demonstrate weakness Just like I’d never sit lower than solad I didn’t have to deal with that bullshit right now I had enough on mySig’s earlier question, but he was rier
"She said she liked my outfit," I replied
He leaned closer, well into my personal bubble, but I didn’t move away I would prefer not to be close to Juan Carlos, but I also couldn’t yield to his fear tactics I kneanted to seehim what he wanted
"You think you’re clever, don’t you?" His breath was cool and held the faintest scent of copper He -fast speed, his hand darted out and clenched aroundon a full-blooded vaasp I’d assumed he wouldn’t be thrilled bya violent reaction
I tried to pull out of his grip, but his fingers tightened, and an to yield to the pressure Vampire blood or not, I still needed to breathe, so I stopped struggling and aze My breath escaped in short pants and felt raspy and painful
"You’ve played irl Did you think you’d be able to hide fromy mouth was unable to
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