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.

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Bonded–to Sister Miriam?

Yes. What you risked when the vampire bit you.

let go of the contents I’d just downed with little

against the

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A Vampire’s

“One cannot speak an untruth with Fae food in

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

ask, my heart dropping at how easily I was convinced to eat my way into a trap.

won’t harm you, child.”

side effects.

but I cannot

worried. Today’s food is only to see if I can trust you. It turns out that you’re but a babe in the world of supernaturals. Eating

killed.”

but she

help you, child, but the one who has hist sights set on you is someone even I cannot cross.””

edge of the table. “That means you

Vampire’s Goodwill

smile playing at the corners of her lips. “It isn’t good news.”

need to know.

long moment, her dark eyes seeming to pierce through to my very soul.

it means

long sigh. “Child. You must 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 is known as the

of name I’d expect to

knows this: His sanity is gone, lost in time.” Sister Miriam’s