Tangled

148 Ava: A Vampire’s Goodwill (II)

Sister Miriam doesn’t speak again until I’ve finished way too much food. a

“I doubt you came here just to ask about my letter,” she finally says, and I jump at the opportunity to finally get

answers.

“My best friend was taken in the attack. I want to know

where she is. I need to save her.”

Her eyes grow unfocused, and the strange men return, tidying up the dishes and taking them away in silence.

I watch them curiously as they move. Their faces are. blank, and they’re unmistakably human, despite the

odd sheen of their skin.

Thralls, Selene murmurs. Bonded servants. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Bonded–to Sister Miriam?

Yes. What you risked when the vampire bit you.

the contents I’d

fingers tap against

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rhythm. “One cannot speak an untruth with Fae food

in front of me, but the dishes are gone, and her

at how easily I was convinced to eat my way into a

won’t harm

its strong side effects. Selene mutters. Damn it. I

cannot sense Fae magic.

I can trust you. It turns out that you’re but a babe in the world of supernaturals. Eating the food in front of you is a great way to

killed.”

ominous words, but she doesn’t seem to

you, child, but the one who has hist sights set on you is someone

skips a beat. I lean forward, hands gripping the edge of the table. “That means you know who it is.”

Vampire’s Goodwill

faint and unnerving smile playing at the corners of her lips. “It

care. I need

dark eyes seeming to

anything, if it means I can

up to a vampire is tantamount to suicide. Very well. As a gesture of my goodwill, I will give you

I’d expect to

gone, lost in time.” Sister Miriam’s voice drops to a whisper. “And he has taken