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Kyle let out a sigh "No, Ariana Couess I’ll have to catch you some other time, Rose," she said and followed her father out of the room with Jason

Once the door had clicked shut, Anna cleared her throat again, adjusting the baby on her lap as she got into a s on the sofa beneath her

"I guess I’ll start at the beginning," she said She closed her eyes for a fewherself

"Take your ti a deep breath "It’s fine So, the day I was taken… I was resting here on the sofa The back garden door was open to let in the breeze I must have drifted off and when I woke, I found myself face to face with a vampire I screamed He placed a hand overto slit my throat if I didn’t do exactly as he said" She paused, shifting in her seat "How he found uess, as you say, vaular human blood"

"So he just snatched you from here?"

She nodded "He drew out a needle and injected it into uess he must have transported me to a submarine… or perhaps a witch helped hi up in a cold dungeon with a few other humans around me I had no idea where I was, and I never saw that red-haired va at her

Anna paused, her lips parted as she looked at"Yes, red-haired"

"Continue, Anna," ed

Anna continued to recount her tale and although I was curious about it, I found myself unable to concentrate Her voice was drowned out by a ind of thoughts that started to flood my mind

So Caleb didn’t actually steal Anna himself It was Stellan who had been in the back of the submarine

I also recalled how Caleb hadn’t even wanted to step onto the island He’d just wanted h the hatch I had been the one to insist that he stay Perhaps he had been afraid that Stellan one

But even if--as Anna see--Stellan did all this, what did it actually mean?

Did Caleb intend Stellan to wake up from his coma? Was Caleb just here on the island as a distraction so that Stellan could wake and do his thing? Was his fight with Stellan all a big ruse? Maybe he didn’t even snap Stellan’s neck and just made it look like he did… But I’d heard the crack of bone That was hard to fake

I sat back in the sofa, my hands overbut I still wasn’t absorbing a word