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"Breakfast" He growled as he set the food down on the bedside table, as if disgusted by her very hunored her and knelt to unlock the cuff fro of the bed

Ashley watched and waited for the lock to click free, tensing to etaway The moment she started to lean forward, the vamp raised a Taser, and she sat back

He couldn'ther would knock her out of co of McDonald's instead She pulled out a breakfast sandwich and unwrapped it

"You are only alive because of Xander," the vah a mouth full of food

"Jonny thinks you can help us fight the rogue vamps"

"Why the hell would I help hied on her chain "We'll see ins this bet"

She dwelt on his words long enough for hiain Ashley shoved the rest of her breakfast into her mouth and trailed him into the hallway They appeared to be in a dorm of some sort Private rooms similar to hers lined the hallway The décor was dark and woodsy, the dorain, she drew closer "Those other vamps … why do they havehim to track thee" The va reed there They walked out onto a low porch, and she sahere everyone else was Va a lakeside bank beneath the tall, slender trees Golden leaves had begun to fall and pile at the base of the trees It was cooler here than San Diego

"Where are we?" she asked again

"Outer Banks"

"Virginia?" She glanced behind her to see the quiet retreat, a series of single story buildings joined by wooden ays and surrounding a central community center with a double A-frame roof "Okay So is my brother close?"

"We don't knohere he is"

Her focus returned to the vaive a shit about your brother," the va an end to Valon"

"If my brother is iuy, isn't he?" she retorted

He paused near a group of va with knives "You knohat your problem is?"

"No clue"