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God, so y buzzed around the place Snort Obviously these ht they were if they were leaking energy like that And to think that they were looking down on ht

For a second, the question of whether he ed entered my mind I quickly discarded it I didn’t want to explore that idea, afraid of the answer Yes, afraid I concentrated on the feel of Jared, his scent, his proxiathering couldn’t coh I never liked parties Not vaht even worse Not only was I under Jared’s control, but I couldn’t wander off and socialise or drink from any of the intoxicated humans And if any vampires did decide to talk to me and it turned out that they were a total bore, I had to stand there and listen to it, nodding in agree at jokes that wouldn’t be funny at any time in any place

Worst of all, if any vampire decided to subtly feelabout it other than tell Jared and hope he told theet their hands offthat I had always been grateful to him for He never let anyone else ever touch me, or bite me, and he would refuse anyone who proposed that I bite them

Here co bloke was on his way over, obviously eager to greet any guests who arrive He see Jared

"Jared," he crooned, shaking his hand "Always good to see you You look well"

"And so do you, Rupert" He flashed him a charismatic smile

"Your charm is still there, I see May I enquire about Antonio?"

"He’s great, thank you Sends his regards"

"Ah, you must thank him for me I have hopes to visit The Hollow later this year"

The conversation faded froton He was stood at the arched entrance to the dining rooht at ri myself that it was ieave me a look that said he would seeroom I had no doubt that he would see me later, especially now that he had seen me with Jared If he planned to attack The Hollow the last thing he would want is ed Victor, Bennington’s idea of a duel, however, was to set one of his vaainst the others’ All three times Victor had used ton kneell I controlled ift, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he made one last ditch effort to collect e that Jared would oppose this

I returned my attention to Jared and Connelly in time to hear Connelly’s, "This one is a massive i at that? No

"Yes, she is," agreed Jared

"A Sventé?"

I felt Jared stiffen He was obviously waiting to be frowned upon or looked at like he was crazy He should’ve listened to me