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A male had forced his way into Sally’s room He’d put his hands on her And then, he had the balls to try and take her away

Roke would see him in hell first

Headed toward the open , he washimself to his knees, he discovered a s cracked and the drywall crumbled as his fury went nuclear

"Goddah not to startle a vae of murder, Styx cautiously hunkered down beside hi "Roke, it’s only a drop She’s not badly hurt"

"Yet"

Styx grimaced "Why the hell would he take her?"

"I intend to find out," Roke h thein one smooth motion

Behind him Styx blistered the air with curses, but Roke never slowed as he hit the ground and followed the scent of peaches through thethe back gate, he caught the smell of yet another male vampire This one laced with an unave a shit

The need to rescue Sally was thundering through his veins, leaving no rooies

But as he stepped through the open gate, he was forced to an enraged halt

The trail ended

Just like that

There one step and gone the next

He tilted back his head to roar with a savage frustration, indifferent to the scamper of terrified wildlife that darted into the nearby woods

The sound was still echoing through the trees when Jagr and two of his Ravens appeared froh fence

"Where is he?" Roke der clutched a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other Not that either was as dangerous as the lethal fangs that were priaze continued to scan the woods that provided privacy for Styx’s lair fro through the back gate, but before I could get here he’d disappeared"

"Sally?" he r dipped his head "The witch ith hi the tracks that halted directly in front of them "Gaiushis attention to Roke "Can you sense Sally?"

Struggling against his pri even a second, Roke forced hi bond It was there Oddlytohis sense of her just a few miles north of the his eyes to watch Jagr and Styx exchange a startled glance

"Is the medallion lie Visigoth asked

Styx shook his head "I don’t think so"

"Then why--" Jagr bit off his words as there was an unranite filled the air "Shit"

The nation to outright disgust as Levet seemed to step from thin air, closely followed by Yannah

Either unaware, or just indifferent, to his frigid reception, the tiny gargoyle gave a violent flutter of his wings, his tail standing at stiff attention

"Mon dieu", he breathed, clearly frazzled "I hate traveling that way"

With a superior s the cradle, Yannah s white robe "Don’t be such a baby"

"A baby?" Levet puffed out his chest, looking oyle "Why I--"

"Levet, is there a purpose for your unexpected visit?" Styx said as he sternly broke into the brewing squabble

Levet i of Vampires, his expression troubled "Nefri"

There was a collective oyle

The ht that she was anything less than ier wastroublesome

"What about her?" Styx demanded

"When Gaius kidnapped Tonya she knew that Gaius was plotting to use Santiago"