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"Bored?" Levet’s wings quivered "Are you natty?"

"Nutty," Yannah gritted "It’s nutty"

Levet waved a hand "I chased you from Russia to London to the pits of hell"

"And once I allowed you to catch one Admit it"

"I--"

A sharp burst of power flooded the roo a pain that h," Siljar snapped "Yannah, you will find Recise and resu"

"But" Yannah sed her words as shethat Siljar had reached the end of her patience "I’lare at Levet "We will continue this conversation later"

"Mon dieu," the gargoyle breathed

Siljar waited for Yannah to sto her attention to Levet

"And you"

"Moi?"

"You will accolanced toward Nefri, his expressionto offer her a smile of pure male appreciation "But of course"

"I er," Siljar said

"Bah" Levet tilted his chin to a proud angle "Danger is my maiden name"

"I believe you mean ‘argoyle waddled over to stand directly in front of Nefri, bending at the waist in an old-school bow "My lady"

"Nefri," she insisted, finding herself charo spend so reatest pleasure to assist you in your quest," he assured her "I did, after all, save the world frolancing toward the Oracle "Wait"

Siljar lifted her brows "Yes?"

"There isn’t going to be another apocalypse, is there?"

"No"

"Dieu merci"

"Well, at least not if we can prevent it," Siljar corrected herself

Levet tossed his hands in the air "Why o wasn’t the only predator to prowl through the cypress trees that were painted silver in the ars hunted through the swaerous water sprites, who could lure a man to his doom, and a rare Dalini serpent, a demon who could transform from serpent form to look human Always born o was, however, the race that was irowth, Santiago slowly circled the isolated swa to an abrupt halt as a sensation he hadn’t felt in centuries flared to life

Dios

It was his bond to Gaius

Not all sires allowed a "child" to forood old days, most vampires rarely stuck around to find out if their creation actually survived the process of transforive theone a step further by taking Santiago into his clan and into his lair

A true son

The blood connection had given Santiago the ability to sense his sire Or, if he was far away, to sense his general direction

Santiago had assumed the bond had been destroyed when he traveled beyond the Veil After all, he hadn’t felt his sire for centuries, not even when he returned to this world Now he could only wonder if the Dark Lord had so perfectly still, Santiago allowed his powers to spread toward the distant house, built on brick stilts and painted white

Large with two stories, it had black shutters and a screened-in porch that wrapped around the side The roof had recently been replaced, but the nearby chicken coop looked like a stiff breeze ht blow it over