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"I’ll be following up with Gio and B, so I er things to worry about froerous one if the stories are true One that ht contain the forer and quells bloodlust"

Brigid’s heart beat faster "What? An elixir? Like a drug? A va?"

He paused and took a sip of his beer "Ioan was right You were right Apparently, it is possible It’s an elixir for humans, but vampires who drink from them are affected as well We still don’t know exactly how"

Thoughts tu that affected vampires It had been a mad kind of ‘what if’ she had spoken aloud Then Ioan had taken off with the idea…

"Is that why he was killed? Is that why Ioan was murdered? Because he found this?"

Carwyn shook his head "I don’t know There’s no way of knowing Ithe discovered after you’d asked hiht have been some of his earlier research, too He ell known for his studies into vaht have been retaliation at ht have been a coincidence"

"And it uilty for this The only ones responsible for Ioan’s death are the vampires who killed him and those who funded them"

Her eyes hardened and rose to meet his "I know that It just er"

When Brigid finallyinto walls Carwyn had offered to help her to her roo that once he was there, the urge to pull hiht be too ainst hi to hell

Madoc trailed after her He had gone back and forth between the two vampires in the hall like a conflicted child, until Carwyn had shooed the dog in her direction He nosed open the door to Brigid’s rooid carefully latched the door, then collapsed in bed Just before she fell asleep, she pulled the silk scarf from beneath her pillow She tucked it under her cheek and closed her eyes, but the last ie she had was not the colorful blooms of the exotic silk It was the warmth of a pair of vivid blue eyes the color of the summer sky

Chapter Nineteen

Scotland