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The long blade glea at William, with the broad sword clutched in his hands, Savannah could easily i Deadly
«Why would he leave your father's sword here?»
«He was sending ers clenched around the sword “The last time I saw this sword, I was onit to try to kill me” He took a deep breath
Savannah waited silently, wondering as next
«He used this weapon to kill my father He almost killed me with it He wouldn't just leave it behind for no reason He values it too ain His shoulders seeone Gone from the cemetery Gone frootten away froazed down at the weapon in his hand “Geoffrey returned home He went back to an And he wants me to follow him»
«How do you know that?” She asked, stunned
He pointed to the headstone “The sas placed on this particular slab for a reason Read the inscription, Savannah»
She glanced down Time had erased the dead man's name, but she could still see the faint words etched in the
«The beginning,” she whispered as understanding dawned The beginning of William's life as a vampire had been in a blood-soaked European castle She lifted her chin and o»
They arrived in France three days later They'd had to charter a private plane Willia his powers, but Savannah wasn't strong enough for such a journey
They'd gotten the plane and ements for all of the back s to be blackened out The owner of the plane had agreed to their request with only a raised brow He'd told the numerous celebrities, he was used to people's “oddities»
The plane touched down in the airport an hour after sunset Savannah and Willia hi the pilot had cootten about the man and woman that he'd just taken across the Atlantic
Willia her heart pound as they flew across the countryside He cloaked their presence, so if anyone happened to glance into the air, they would not be seen
He wished that he could stop, find her a rooe, and face Geoffrey on his own He was terrified that so to be fine,” she ry ears “Stop worrying about me»
Let me take you to safety I can face hiether»
But would they survive together?
He kissed her te her sweet scent And, for the first time since Henry's death, he prayed He prayed for God to protect Savannah
The reen blur beneath hi, black river And he knew that he was ho remains of the old keep The ancient stone wall The en of Geoffrey
He drifted to the ground, placing Savannah gently on her feet
He walked toward the stone steps leading to the old entrance to his father's keep “This here I found my father»
He could still see the red stain on the top step His father's blood His hands clenched, and he walked up the steps For just a second, he thought he heard his father's voice
«Willia back at Savannah Her arht with concern
Concern for hi his back on the old stone, on the past