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.

of the contents I’d just downed with little grace.

Miriam’s long fingers tap against the table in

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untruth with

the table in front of me, but the dishes

dropping at how easily I was convinced to eat my

harm you,

side effects. Selene

but I cannot

to see if I can trust you. It turns out that you’re but a

killed.”

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

but the one who has hist sights set on you

beat. I lean forward, hands gripping the edge of the table. “That means you

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at the corners

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

dark eyes seeming to pierce through to my very soul. “With

if it means I can save

up to a vampire is tantamount to suicide. Very well. As a gesture of my

I’d expect to see in a fantasy

a vampire of immense power and influence. No one knows his age, but everyone knows this: His sanity is gone, lost in time.” Sister Miriam’s voice drops to