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When you letTiff is dead I did see her body Then I saw you" He shook his head with aggravation "Yes, you sawto folloithout others knowing I was there You must understand?Nari never works alone There’s soh now that I haven’t been able to find out who

Between the me as bait," she said

"At first, yes," he ad expected him to deny the words "How can you be here? Can you travel the Atlantic by ‘thought’?"

"I was on your plane"

"How did you e that?"

"I was in your room when you pulled up reservations on the Internet"

"And you think that Jared is evil, but so far, you haven’t destroyed him?" The silence that followed startled her, and scared her deeply Maggie cleared her throat and tried to explain "There are different things that can happen," she murmured "If a person is drained of their blood and dies, they’ll turn?unless the body is decapitated or destroyed right away Then there’s a blood

taking Bit by bit Sometimes the infection, or whatever you would call it, can be cured then Blood transfusions can save lives; other factors may enter in When a vampire chooses to have obedience fros to the vaht not do nornor saidyou the truth"

"You’re not going to destroy reat deal of Sean’s book I’ll destroy you before I’ll let you get anywhere near Jared"

"As long as Jared lives, there is a possibility that he can be wrested fro both men to stare at her

"You will not harm my cousin I?I have holy water," she warned Of course, she didn’t really Not now

Her purse was back in the rental car She hadn’t thought to go back after watching Ragnor take the head of the shadow creature

Her threat didn’t seeain "You let Tiff die!" she accused hio after Tiff," he said softly "I was busy watching you"

"What about Roberto Capo?"

"Roberto Capo is fine Or he was fine, when I left I hadn’t realized I’d be leaving Venice so abruptly"

"Why did you followhere?"

"I knew they’d be following you as well"

"How?"

"It’s the coravated "And there are those throughout the world who are with us?and those who are not Don’t you understand? All it would take would be one E- for you at the airport A killer aiting for you at the airport Everything has changed in the last few years Sides have been drawn Nari and her group have defied all the ancient rules; they have been creating their own followers They are weak, and foolish, and they haven’t taken the ti They die easily But Nari doesn’t care about that?her creations are all expendable That doesn’t ht under the arches"

"Yes, and he knew so you the best he could Nari, and herin Venice Like the fellow I killed on the road I stayed behind long enough to see that Capo was safe, then ca after you as quickly as I could Capo is really sick?he has a terrible flu"

She kept staring at hi on, and the rest of you are really such good people, eren’t you in Venice?"

"Nari isn’t the only danger out there," Lucian said

"If it had been Nari alone, I could have dealt with her the night of her ball," Ragnor said "What’s ieted Why and by whom, we have yet to understand We need your help"

"I don’t know any varily "I’ve never had people ripped up in front of me before"

"You do know about vampires, at the least," Sean said