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“Once we get Devlin settled, you’ll take me to Mrs Pritchett, and I’ll make bees buzz in her head also”
“You’re nicer than the others,” Elisa said suddenly, then reddened once more
At her averted eyes, Danny touched her face and brought her eyes back up to her She saw the girl focus on her lips, saw Elisa’s desire to kiss her Indulging herself a little, she brushed the sweet reith her desire and Danny reluctantly pulled back Te
“Elisa,” she said gently “Your reaction is norive you a little crush onYou’ll be ain in no time” At the mention of the lean, silent stockhts, the ave a little laugh as well “Sure enough, my lady Of course, it doesn’t matter Willis don’tdoesn’t have time for me And he’s far older, nearly thirty He’s very experienced in the world and probably has far grander ladies interested in him”
Because there are such a plethora of the that the ratio ofwomen to men was such that it th of tiines were brilliant stocko walkabout and apparently a justified aversion to Thieves’ Station She kept those thoughts to herself, though Problems for another day when she announced her intentions to ain, no longer Ian’s play hobby “All right, then Let’s call soet Dev to his room I can carry him myself, but it will bruise his pride if he comes to on the way”
Elisa bit back a so, Danny halted her with a hand on the ar, Elisa I may be ‘nicer’ than the others I am fair, at least by vampire standards I am definitely not Ian But don’t evera vampire, whether it’s me, or my mother, or Lord Charles, is nice Humans are useful to us, valued by us because they are useful You understand?”
When Elisa would have looked away, Danny held her gaze, made her see as there “It’s important you understand that You are very open with me, and I want you to re, I also expect it to be instantly obeyed I will punish disobedience”
“Yes, aze somber “I’ll do my best to follow your wishes”
“Hopefully you’ll do better than this one” More relaxed now, Danny turned her gaze to Dev “He’s stubborn as a bloody rock”
“But thank the Lord he’s a rock, my lady,” Elisa pointed out “Because they did their best to smash the poor bloke to bits” Children with sharp teeth, tearing flesh Tearing his son’s flesh Rob screa, lifeless eyes Aas Dev’s bullet found hi someone into chunks, so that in soe the body parts out of the way Hiding in the water where he had to remain completely still, the ene his brow, up against his eyes A handful of fish had been worrying on it, hanging on to the dead flesh as it rolled past hiainst his own neck, a couple taking a nip or two to see if his was still attached, if he was still living
Rob, backing toward a well hole with no wall or cover, calling, “Dad, throw it, throw it” And the ball left Dev’s hand, even though he knew his son was going to fall down that dark, endless hole, into the depths of Hell where he couldn’t follohere he couldn’t help hi at hi him apart, endless horror and painA bo panic He was falling, rolling, trapped
Dev Dev Wake up I’ht here
He woke fighting for his life, fighting for air, tangled in the sheet that had gone with him as he fell off an unexpectedly elevated bed
When he kept flailing, the hand helped, re hi forward toward the closest source of light, the , though the curtains were drawn He went for it, tearing at the cloth, and throwing open the sash to draw in a breath But he couldn’t stop there, cla on the sill on the steep slope of the porch roof, drawing in deep gasps of air
As his heart stopped racing, the wide landscape he knew steadying hi, he started to recall his whereabouts, the happenings of the past few days A dark-haired stockainst the barn, considered him curiously, and Dev realized he was buck naked
It occurred to hilehold of the sheet And even as he figured out who that was, he registered it was bright daylight Probably early afternoon
Spinning, he leaned back in She was backed up against a far corner, trapped by the bar of sunlight he’d sent spilling across the guest room While she looked a bit disconcerted by that, she also had that faint a