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.

let go of the contents I’d just downed

long fingers tap against

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speak an untruth

in front of me, but the dishes

easily I was convinced to eat my way into a trap.

won’t harm you,

side effects. Selene mutters. Damn it. I should have

I cannot

turns out that you’re but a babe in the world

killed.”

races through me at her ominous words, but she doesn’t seem to have

could help you, child, but the one who has

the edge

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Miriam nods, a faint and unnerving smile playing at the corners of her

need

a long moment, her dark eyes seeming to pierce through to my very soul. “With no

to anything, if it means I can

learn how to survive in this world. Serving yourself up to a vampire is tantamount to suicide. Very well. As a gesture of my goodwill, I will give you what you seek, without price. The one who seeks you

kind of name I’d expect to see in a fantasy story.

No one knows his age, but everyone knows this: His sanity is gone, lost in time.” Sister Miriam’s voice drops to a whisper. “And he has taken a keen