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Tane narrowed his eyes, looking at her as if she’d sprouted horns

"You have the power to bind a vampire?"

Well, that was the question wasn’t it?

She had no way to calculate how th it would take to enslave a vampire, but she was fairly certain it aaaayable to … pro

"I can’t turn you into my private puppet, if that’s what you’re worried about, but it does give otiations," she s she wasn’t completely clueless

His hand lifted to cup her cheek as he easily sensed her shaky confidence

"You’re lying"

"Whatever" She shrugged "Are you co beyond …"

"I’ive a crap," she hastily interrupted

"Oh, I intend to come," he assured her with a sinful sritted

"And you’re co with me"

"Two"

He brushed his lips softly over her ot it, sweet Laylah?" "Three"

As the word tu ever faster as she thinned the veil betorlds Daant bloodsucker was going to stand in her way

"I wish to re her arh the veil

There was the sensation of clinging spider webs and the prickles of electricity that becah the veil And pain Enough pain to send her to her knees as they tu and into a chilled darkness

The co wrenched from the ephemeral mists to the very real world of hard stone and damp air briefly disoriented her She sucked in a shaky breath

This was the very last ti for the ride

Sloorking through the pain, Laylah becas

The dark tunnels that ran beneath the outskirts of London The faint scent of rain froled to his feet And …

Awareness

Awareness of Tane that tingled deep inside her Holy crap, had it actually worked? Had she actually leashed a powerful va or the worst mistake in the history of the world?

Fairly certain it was the ht of Levet lying like a frozen statue on the smoothly worn floor of the tunnel

"Shit" She scra the tiny deht," Tane said, his dagger clutched in his hands as he tested the air for danger "He won’t awaken until dusk"

Thank God With her current streak of piss-poor luck, she’d feared she oyle into her arhed a ton Then, deciding there was no time like the present to test her hold on Tane, she nervously cleared her throat

"You need to find us soerous hesitation, and Laylah tensed, her mouth dry with fear She was too weakened by the shadoalk to battle Tane if he remained unrestrained

In fact, until she rested and fed she was entirely at his ht

Braced for the worst, Laylah nearly fell to her knees in relief as Tane offered abow

"Your wish is h a side tunnel, not bothering to see if she were following or not She hoped it was a sign his poere at least eways Laylah knew she was taking a desperate risk If she hadn’t gone skitzo with the need to track down inforht already be back under the protection of Caine with the child safely in her care

Instead she was risking all for what?

Infors, Laylah allowed herself to be led through the uely aware they were headed away from London

Nearly half an hour later, however, she was jerked out of her dangerous distraction She came to a sharp halt, her eyes narroith suspicion