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"Of course not, h the door Duncan held open for hih the doors as he reached the great roo "You and Murphy ant to join me for this You have a vehicle, Murphy?"

"Yes, sir," Murphy said, frowning

"Good Take Sophia and follow us"

"Duncan, you and Juro No one else"

"Juro is already waiting, rimly as he pulled the door open and headed down the stairs into the cold, wet air His instincts were screa louder with every step he took He wasn’t certain yet what this night held, but he kneas on the right track

And Lucien aiting at the end of it

Chapter Forty-Four

"Do you knohere we’re going?"

Sophia jerked her gaze and her thoughts away from the SUV in front of them It was littlelike a demon’s eyes on the dark roads Colin had both hands clenched on the wheel and was every bit as tense as she was

"I’ I did But itleft dangling"

Colin gave her a quick glance "This is the saht?"

"There is only one Lucien, believe me"

"So, let’s suppose we find hihtened unhappily and she turned away fro at the blur of dark trees as they sped by She would never have said as much to Raphael--it shamed her to admit it even to herself--but she was fairly certain Lucien had intentionally led the killers away from his own territory and into Raphael’s She didn’t kno he’d done it, but she understood Lucien enough to knohy, especially now that she’d seen the kind of men ere behind the murders For Lucien, it would have been quite sihter, but Raphael was So why not let Raphael deal with these vicious hus?

"Sophie?" Colin said, when she remained quiet "You okay?

She sed hard and nodded "Those men were here because of Lucien I don’t kno, but I believe it And I think Raphael does, too He’ll want to kill Lucien if he finds hilance "And you?" he asked quietly

"If he did this, he deserves to die"

"That’s not a good answer, Soph"

"I know, but I don’t have another one right now"

Colin braked sharply and Sophia looked up to see the SUV ahead of the for several oing?"

He started playing with the GPS device built into the dash, punching buttons and swearing softly at whatever he found

"Look at the GPS," he said tightly

Sophia did, then shrugged "All right I’ve looked Now tell "

Colin huffed impatiently "A few more miles and we’re at the Canadian border Do vampire territories follow international lines?"

"Usually It’s easier that way But there’s no checkpoint here"

"Doesn’t mean there’s no border There are places around here where you can walk back and forth pretty easily This is the longest border in the world, you can’t guard the whole thing"

Sophia got a sick feeling in her stohts were interrupted as Raphael’s SUV braked sharply, turning again, but onto a private road this ti smoothly beneath their tires as they drove a short distance and parked in front of a tidy little cabin Lights gloarmly from behind white lace curtains and tubs filled with flowers crowded a porch as wide as the cabin itself

Colin turned off the engine "What now?"