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.

threatening to let go of the contents

fingers tap against the table in

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“One cannot speak an untruth

glance at the table in front of me, but the

easily I

harm you,

because of its strong side effects. Selene mutters. Damn it. I should have

but I cannot sense Fae magic.

food is only to see if I can trust you. It turns out that you’re but a babe in the world

killed.”

but she doesn’t seem to have any ill will toward me–yet.

I could help you, child, but the one who has hist

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

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faint and unnerving smile playing at the corners of her lips. “It isn’t

don’t care. I need to know. “Tell me.”

studies me for a long moment, her dark eyes seeming

it means I

this world. Serving yourself up to a vampire is tantamount to suicide. Very well.

I’d expect to see in a fantasy

his age, but everyone knows this: His sanity is gone, lost