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She threw her head back and laughed harder "Oh, we’ll see, won’t we?"

"What’s going on here?" a new voice asked

Ephrai to spank her ass until she couldn’t walk, then he was going to do it some more

Madison stepped into the room

Did he really think she could sit back and wait? She spent the last half hour pacing the roo a small cross in her bra and a stake in the back of her pants she decided enough was enough She crept up the stairs and then rushed into the foyer, knowing that it wouldn’t take Ephraim more than a few seconds to sense her and force her back

Her only hope was that Caroline wouldn’t be able to sense the change in her Ephraim promised vampires couldn’t smell Pytes only shifters could Their scents were invisible to vaht He said all vampires suspected they were hued in front of them

Caroline ss off proudly With a wave of her hand she sent twoon the floor The scent of Chris’s blood hit her hard She didn’t have a lot of practice with the scent of blood, but she knew enough to know that his was different It s It was a natural booby-trap Sentinels had The blood would kill a vampire on the first bite

"So very nice of you to join us You’ve justyou down a lot easier Noe just have to wait for Ephrai to kill my men?"

"I have no idea where he is," she said

Caroline stepped in front of the guns and bent down She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply above Madison She knew She knew she’d changed Her plan failed Madison was about to hit the wo to knock her out so she could save her family when Caroline reacted a bit differently than she’d expected

"You bitch!" Caroline snapped She stepped back with her eyes shi to shoot the kids now

Madison put an arh to protect theure out a way to use her new abilities to get them out of here

"You’ve been with hiain

Madison turned to look at Caroline and did her best to hide her relief "He’sto keep the woet everyone to safety

Caroline’s face contorted in anger "Not for long I guarantee that" She walked away until she stood directly in front of their little group She snapped her fingers One of the ht her a chair She sat down, crossing her legs at the ankles and leaned in with her chin resting on her fists

"I want to see the looks on their faces when you tell them what Ephraim really is" When Madison made no move to speak Caroline added "If you don’t tell the with the old woman"

Chris tried to sit up "You lay still," Eleanor hissed