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"I’ll be downstairs I need Dante to bring Abby here"
Darcy’s brows lifted in surprise "Abby?"
"I have a few questions for her"
Harley’s sister pointed a finger at her mate "Please remember to make it an invitation, not a royal command"
A sant expression
"What is the benefit of being the Anasso if I can’t issue royal commands?"
Darcy chuckled "I’ll remind you of a few benefits later"
"You think you can use such a sha and his voice thickening with tangible desire
"Yes"
"You’re right" Without the least e his mate’s power, Styx offered Harley a small dip of his head "Sister- vampire had stepped over the threshold and shut the door behind his retreating forrasp, her setic
"He promised he only wished to ask you a few questions I should have known he’d try to bully you" She rolled her eyes "Va Attired in a faded pair of jeans and casual white shirt, with her sweet smile, she didn’t look like the Queen of Vah school cheerleader who should be working on her algebra and dating the quarterback
"Trust me, Weres aren’t any different," Harley countered
"You’re right It’s eneral"
"All that testosterone putrefies their brains"
They shared the universal sigh of fenation at the follies of ers "And you’re a uest in my home, sister"
Harley pulled her hand free, bothered by the strange sense of connection flowing through her blood at Darcy’s touch
As delighted as she was to uard Darcy was, after all, bound to the vampires Her loyalty would be to her mate and his people
"Guest or prisoner?" she demanded
"Never a prisoner, Harley I pro into a face so remarkably similar to her own, Harley paced toward the tall arched s Night had recently fallen, bathing the rolling parkland that surrounded the mansion in velvet shadows, but in the distance Harley could see the Chicago skyline strikingly outlined in lights
At any other tiht have appreciated the beautiful view She rarely had had the opportunity to spend tie, vibrant city that offered endless entertain e her twitchy as hell She needed to be out of the elegant mansion and on the hunt
Now
"Is our other sister here as well?" she deht try to stand in her path as in genuine curiosity
Later she would appreciate the sisters she thought she’d lost
"No, Regan left earlier today" Darcy heaved a loud sigh "Like you, she seeainst her will I really aet to know ht she was in love or ?"
"She’ll be reen eyes narrowed as Darcy studied her with unnerving intensity "And speaking oflike a dork as a heat flooded her cheeks
She hadn’t grown up with sisters or best friends She hadn’t gone to sleepovers where she could giggle and talk about boys
Her private feelings had always been that Private
She wasn’t ready to discuss whatever was happening between her and Salvatore
"I’aze never wavered "You kno aiven a lot of thought to We’ve been a little busy," Harley pointed out dryly
"Yes" Darcy flashed her sweet s fro you captive"
"Levet" Harley happily latched onto the opportunity to deflect her sister’s attention "Good God, I forgot about the poor thing Is he here?"
"No, and to be honest I’enuine concern "He contacted Shay when he first escaped the tunnels, but we haven’t heard frori her heart They should never have allowed the poor little gargoyle to go off alone
"He ht have been captured by Caine"
"Would the curs hurt him?"