that moment when they let me explore the world beyond. Tell
them that I was coming home soon. I was wrong in thinking that I knew what was
best for me.”
“I’ll tell them.” He looked away. “I’ll
make sure they know that your last thoughts were of them.”
She closed her eyes and then frowned. The
image she produced was clear, as though he was standing next to the man. Nothing
much about him really, other than he had a scar on his right cheek. Kilia
didn’t know what it was from, but said that he seemed to be proud of it. “He
kept referring to it as his battle scar. And when he bit me…when he drank from
me, I don’t think he knew what I was.”
Mac thought she was right. Had he known
what he’d done and to whom, he would have left the area right away, if not the
realm, and never returned. Not that Mel and her resources couldn’t find him; they
could, but the man was too stupid to realize that he’d signed his own death
warrant.
Mac walked back up to the chamber a few minutes
later. He had all he would be able to get from Kilia and let her slip away to
her ring. She smiled at him when she turned back and wished him the best of
luck with his new bride. He didn’t comment, only waved back at her.
Chapter 6
The room she was taken to was beautiful.
As were the other two women that sat there on the large sofas. Andi knew that
they were related, each of them looking just enough like the other to see that
they were. She nodded to both of them and tried to ignore the fact that
something was feeling quite off. Mel said she’d return shortly, she was needed
elsewhere.
“You’ll feel that for a while, I’m
afraid. I still do sometimes,” the woman on the couch said with a gentle smile.
“Why don’t you come here and sit with me? Shamus, do stop pacing. It will all
work out in the end.”
“I’d like for you to call me a cab,
please. I simply want to leave here and go. I’ve plans, and staying here is
mucking them up.” She looked at the other woman when she laughed.
“Darling, no cab will come for you here.
This place isn’t in the human world where you were. You’re in the Castle of
Molavonta. Have you heard of it?”
“No.” She felt dizzy again and reached
for the couch. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’ve been doing this for a
few hours now.” Andi sat down. It was either that or she’d fall. When there
suddenly appeared a bowl of fruit in front of her she closed her eyes and
counted to ten. When the bowl was still there, she thought she’d missed it and
it had been there all along.
“It’s magic, dear. There’s a great deal
of it here. Here, you need to eat more fruit. Living with a vampire can be a
bit of a strain on one’s body.”
Andi took the banana and held it. Magic?
Vampires?
“Yes, that’s it. Magic and vampires. Though
Aaron believes that the two of them don’t go together, they do. By the way, I’m
Elizabeth. And this is my daughter Savannah. Mel is my granddaughter and
Savannah is her mother. Oh, and that lovely Sara is my granddaughter too.”
Andi put the fruit down and looked
around the room. She tried to stay focused on the conversations, but her head
was spinning. She looked up as soon as Mac came into the room. Suddenly, she
was better.
“She’s having a reaction to you. Well,
not a reaction, but a sense of loss. You’ll need to bond soon or she’ll only
get worse, I think.” Savannah said this and nodded at Mac. “You don’t believe
me, but it happens at times with mates.”
“She’s not my mate. Morrigan said she
had children. This woman hasn’t any. Why does everyone insist on thinking she’s
my mate?”
Savannah laughed.
“I know what I’m supposed to do. Morrigan
was very clear.”
Andi got up and left the room. Or she
tried to. As soon as she was to the door five armed men stopped her. At each
doorway she encountered the same thing. She moved to the door to the outside
and stepped into the most beautiful garden
them that I was coming home soon. I was wrong in thinking that I knew what was
best for me.”
“I’ll tell them.” He looked away. “I’ll
make sure they know that your last thoughts were of them.”
She closed her eyes and then frowned. The
image she produced was clear, as though he was standing next to the man. Nothing
much about him really, other than he had a scar on his right cheek. Kilia
didn’t know what it was from, but said that he seemed to be proud of it. “He
kept referring to it as his battle scar. And when he bit me…when he drank from
me, I don’t think he knew what I was.”
Mac thought she was right. Had he known
what he’d done and to whom, he would have left the area right away, if not the
realm, and never returned. Not that Mel and her resources couldn’t find him; they
could, but the man was too stupid to realize that he’d signed his own death
warrant.
Mac walked back up to the chamber a few minutes
later. He had all he would be able to get from Kilia and let her slip away to
her ring. She smiled at him when she turned back and wished him the best of
luck with his new bride. He didn’t comment, only waved back at her.
Chapter 6
The room she was taken to was beautiful.
As were the other two women that sat there on the large sofas. Andi knew that
they were related, each of them looking just enough like the other to see that
they were. She nodded to both of them and tried to ignore the fact that
something was feeling quite off. Mel said she’d return shortly, she was needed
elsewhere.
“You’ll feel that for a while, I’m
afraid. I still do sometimes,” the woman on the couch said with a gentle smile.
“Why don’t you come here and sit with me? Shamus, do stop pacing. It will all
work out in the end.”
“I’d like for you to call me a cab,
please. I simply want to leave here and go. I’ve plans, and staying here is
mucking them up.” She looked at the other woman when she laughed.
“Darling, no cab will come for you here.
This place isn’t in the human world where you were. You’re in the Castle of
Molavonta. Have you heard of it?”
“No.” She felt dizzy again and reached
for the couch. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’ve been doing this for a
few hours now.” Andi sat down. It was either that or she’d fall. When there
suddenly appeared a bowl of fruit in front of her she closed her eyes and
counted to ten. When the bowl was still there, she thought she’d missed it and
it had been there all along.
“It’s magic, dear. There’s a great deal
of it here. Here, you need to eat more fruit. Living with a vampire can be a
bit of a strain on one’s body.”
Andi took the banana and held it. Magic?
Vampires?
“Yes, that’s it. Magic and vampires. Though
Aaron believes that the two of them don’t go together, they do. By the way, I’m
Elizabeth. And this is my daughter Savannah. Mel is my granddaughter and
Savannah is her mother. Oh, and that lovely Sara is my granddaughter too.”
Andi put the fruit down and looked
around the room. She tried to stay focused on the conversations, but her head
was spinning. She looked up as soon as Mac came into the room. Suddenly, she
was better.
“She’s having a reaction to you. Well,
not a reaction, but a sense of loss. You’ll need to bond soon or she’ll only
get worse, I think.” Savannah said this and nodded at Mac. “You don’t believe
me, but it happens at times with mates.”
“She’s not my mate. Morrigan said she
had children. This woman hasn’t any. Why does everyone insist on thinking she’s
my mate?”
Savannah laughed.
“I know what I’m supposed to do. Morrigan
was very clear.”
Andi got up and left the room. Or she
tried to. As soon as she was to the door five armed men stopped her. At each
doorway she encountered the same thing. She moved to the door to the outside
and stepped into the most beautiful garden
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