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His lips pressed against hers Hard Fast “Then stay” His fingers curled around hers “Stay with h the dawn»

She smiled at him And, just for an instant, his lips curved in response

They lay back in the bed, curled in one another's arht

«Sleep, Savannah” Willia around her

Savannah closed her eyes, feeling safe, co h Moments later, when the sun rose, she was already in the land of dreams and didn't feel the sudden tense coldness of Williaainst hers

At first, her drea under a star-filled night sky She was so happy But then he pulled back, and his body seemed to waver before her eyes She reached for him, but he vanished

There oods around her Twisted trees She ran, searching for William

But it wasn't William that she found In the shadoorld of her drea black hair billowed in the breeze as she stood looking down into a flowing river

A sreet her

Mary stepped forward, into the river A flash of lightning lit the night sky The water churned, and Mary stu to her knees

Savannah realized the water was black As black as the night itself

The hungry waves see her deeper and deeper into its cold eet to Mary Her bare feet pounded on the dank earth Her heat pounded in her chest

She was close So close Just a few more feet—

Mary turned, her pale face a mask of fear

Her arms reached out to Savannah

And Savannah heard the echo of a scream

CHAPTER 10

My brother has a taste for death

-Entry from the diary of Henry de Montfort,

Deceht's darkness still clung to the eht cloaked hih the thin glass of theHer black hair was pulled back into a careless ponytail Her face, tense with concentration, peered at the coers typing frantically on the keyboard

He touched the pane of glass, feeling its cool surface against his hand He was so close to her

He inhaled deeply, scenting the night air He could sarbage But he could detect no trace of her Not yet

She was rubbing her forehead, obviously tired She'd been at that computer of hers for over four hours He knew because he'd been watching her all night Watching And waiting

Over the years he'd learned the value of patience He could wait endlessly for his prey She'd been easy to track Almost too easy Would she be easy to kill? Would she screaht He hoped that she wouldn't let him down

She stood up and turned off her rab a black leather jacket He sht She was co to him

He moved away from theand back into the shadows