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Next, she tried on veils Soracefully down her back to the floor They came with a variety of headpieces, soance The veil she decided on was shoulder-length, the headpiece a si at herself in the mirror, she wondered what Roshan would think Would he have preferred awith a lower neckline and a shorter skirt?
Brenna looked at the saleslady "Do I look all right?"
"Oh, my dear, you look like a princess out of a fairy tale"
Brenna smiled at her reflection "I'll take it," she said, for her life was nothing these days if not a fairy tale
CHAPTER 20
Anthony Loken prowled through his laboratory, his brow furrowed His experi the boy drink the vampire's blood had not proven any ht into the boy's veins In the end, West had died a rather gruesome death His body had violently rejected the vampire's blood and he had slowly shriveled up until, at the end, he had looked rather like a human dried apple
Loken had tossed as left of West's body into the hearth The ensuing stench had been most unpleasant
Loken filled several clean vials with the vampire's blood and placed the with the rest of the vampire's blood
The examination table was clean
The blood was ready
All he needed noas a new guinea pig
CHAPTER 21
Brenna paced in front of the hearth, sat down, and stared at the iain
Where was Roshan? She was eager to see hihts, did he have to be so late?
Sensing her apprehension, Morgana meowed loudly from her perch on the back of the sofa
"He will be here," Brenna told the cat "He probably went out to… you know Eat or drink or whatever he calls it"
"Indeed, he did"
Whirling around at the welcome sound of his voice, she flew across the floor into Roshan's arms
"Miss me, did you?" he asked as she showered him with kisses
"Maybe a little," she confessed
He lifted one black brow "Only a little?"
"All right,hi, she drew him down beside her "Where have you been?"
"Just where you think It's not so easy to find prey in the early part of the evening Far easier to hunt late at night"
"Then why did you not wait until later?"
"Because I don't trust myself to be alone with you when I've not fed," he replied candidly
"Oh"