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«It's your fear Your anger It draws hith, and it made Savannah weak He would have to teach her to shield her th to enter th to enter your very soul” He had toas you have the fear, he can enter your et to you He can feel you” He touched her injured hand “He can make you feel him»
«He said that he'd felt aze hooded “That he knew I'd been there when he'd … when he'd—” She broke off abruptly, apparently unable to continue
But Willia to say, and he finished for her,softly, “When he killed your brother»
Her eyes welled with tears “Yes,” she whispered A tear slid down her cheek, but she wiped it aith a quick swipe of her hand “He said he felt me when he killed Mark” Horror was etched on her face
«Your , Savannah He's drawn to it To you” But Williaet his hands on Savannah She was his The bargain had been made
Her brow furrowed “You know him, don't you?»
Williaht about lying, about denying the truth At least for just a little while longer But, as he stared into her soaze, he could offer her only the truth “Yes Yes, I know hiaze Hoould she react? Would his words drive her away? Would their bargain be broken so easily? He spoke softly, “He's a killer Aon the blood of the innocent for hundreds of years»
«We have to stop him,” she said, her hands clenched “We can't let him hurt anyone else»
William nodded Too many people had already died
Savannah's eyes narrowed “There's so rown as “Yes, there'sfor all the world as if a strong ould blow her down But her gaze was filled with such strength, such courage It was time for the truth “His name is Geoffrey»
«Geoffrey,” she repeated the name softly A smile of satisfaction curved her lips
William could read her so easily She had a focus now, a na in the darkness Now she had a naaze sharpened upon him “How do you know him?” She asked
«He's e For her rejection “Geoffrey de Montfort is my half-brother»
She shook her head in vehement denial “No No, that can't be»
«You read the diary,” he reminded her brutally “You know that I had two brothers Henry and Geoffrey One golden like the day, and the other with a soul as dark as the night itself»
«But how—»
«How is he alive? How is he here, now, to kill?” William's lips twisted “He's my blood He shares the sae Bound to walk the earth, to feel the eternal hunger
Suspicion filled her stare “You knew,” she whispered “You kneas killing, didn't you? That's why you were in Pana!»