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She had just finished putting her dishes into the dishwasher when the doorbell rang

Savanah couldn’t hide her surprise at seeing Mara and Rafe standing in the sunlight on her front porch

Stepping back, she invited thelad to see Rafe, less so to see Mara Preternatural power radiated fro Mara carried herself with the air of a queen granting favors

Taking her courage in hand, Savanah followed the two Va room

Mara took a seat on the sofa and Rafe sat beside her

“How is Rane?” Rafe asked “Is there any change?”

“I think he’s better” Savanah perched on the edge of the chair “I gave hilances

Savanah lifted her chin defiantly “You got a proble strong, even white teeth “Oh, I like her”

Rafe grinned “Me, too”

Feeling as though she had just passed solanced fro in to see Rane,” Rafe said, “and leave you two to get acquainted”

Savanah felt aalone in the room with the most powerful Vampire in the world, but she quickly shook it off She was tired of being afraid, refused to be intimidated in her own home

“You must have questions you’d like to ask,” Mara said, “if not about eneral, or perhaps about Rane, in particular”

“How did you get into ht without an invitation?”

“All those silly rules no longer have any effect on o as I please, when I please, where I please”

“Rane said you were truly iet,” Mara said with a faint grin

“So, you can’t be destroyed?”

“Are you planning to try?”

Mara’s tone was mild, but Savanah heard the steel underneath

“No, I’uess that means that holy water doesn’t have any effect on you the way it does on Rane, and that a stake through your heart is just a rin widening