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Abby hesitantly stepped to his side, her brow furrowed in puzzlement

’You’re certain this is the coven?"

’Yes," heto the shadows as he cautiously led her closer to the structure

"It seee side

’feah, that about suh the tinted panes also sue was impressive, worthy of the darkest soul, but Dante did not allow his gaze to linger No one within had been left to tell the tale

Pulling back, he allowed his gaze to slide over the re inside?" Abby demanded from behind

"No I cannot enter"

"Damn"

He turned to offer her a wry s"

"Why?"

"It means that at least some of the witches survived the attack," he explained "Otherwise the barrier would be broken"

"What?"

His undead heart twitched at the sight of her features that were unbearably fragile

"It doesn’t matter They must have fled I’ll see if I can pick up their trail"

Her ?"

Dante considered the clearing For the moment they were alone

’You can wait here for o far"

She bit her lip, the terror she was struggling to keep at bay almost visible as she considered the darkness shrouded about her

"Your definition of far is considerably different than ers beneath her chin to tilt her head upward He waited until shes"

"You pro heart," he said softly

Her lips twitched, although her eyes re her face in his hands, Dante crushed his lips to her forehead before pulling back to regard her with a soest you stay away from the s It’s bad in there Really bad"

His warning delivered, Dante turned to s If some of the witches had fled, he should be able to follow their scent He supposed it was too ht be hidden in the nearby trees

In over three centuries, they had nevereasy

Don’t look Don’t look Don’t look

Dante’s words echoed through Abby’s ht She didn’t want to see whatever was inside God knew she had seen enough in the past hours to last her a couple of lifeti corpse who refused to stay in Ms grave

But the very fact that she shouldn’t look naturally ensured that her feet were lass

For a looh her Then, even as she prepared to pull away, her gaze shifted toward a nearby wall and she was reeling backward in horror

So much blood…

It had been splattered everywhere

And… stuff she didn’t even want to consider

Bending over, she gagged at the rising nausea

"You had to look, didn’t you?" a dark voice drawled even as a strong arm encircled her shoulders and pulled her close

"You shouldn’t have told me not to"

He pressed her head into his shoulder "So my fault"

Comforted more than a rational woman should be by a vampire’s touch, Abby slowly forced herself to pull away

"Did you find the trail?"

Even in the darkness, she could see his gri, which happened to be a garage"