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of Consumption as well to fully complete the masquerade. With all of this, she could pull off being human for quite awhile until she found the right time to reveal it to Ryan.”
    “Well, I must say great job, Alex. For not remembering much of your past, you’ve truly honed your vampiric skills.”
    Smiling, Alex stood and headed toward the door. “I’ll prepare the transgression report for filing.” Alex shook his head and continued. “Ambrose Heights…they’ll need to know the circumstances surrounding their new resident. Surely, they never anticipated this.”
    Madeline rose from her chair and walked around the desk. Leaning a hip on the corner of the desk, she folded her arms across her chest.
    “You know, Alex, I’ve embraced my vampiric skill as well.”
    “What do you mean?” Alex turned away from the door and faced Madeline.
    She motioned with her hand toward the chair. “Sit down for a moment. We’ll file the transgression report as our creed dictates…but with some alterations this time.”
    “Alterations? Why?” Alex took his seat.
    The detective scooted back on her desk “Could you tell anything different about Anya?
    “Not particularly, why?”
    “Her scent. She’s a perfect match to Steffan. It’s already emanating from her so strongly. That ’s what startled me when I first met her. I’ve never felt a match as strong. There was no hiding my reaction, and Anya saw it.” The detective paused in reflection and chuckled. “Thank god Anya assumed it was because of her and Anise being identical twins. Alex, do you know what this means?”
    Alex moved to the edge of his seat, rolled his eyes, and shook his head. “It means Steffan will finally have a woman to occupy his time and he will lighten up on being such a control freak?”
    “Well, all right, yes. But, Steffan had to have touched something of hers for me to pick up on the mate-match scent. This means, the link between them must be…”
    “Ryan!” Alex’s eyes lit up with the realization.
    She nodded with an enthusiastic smile on her face.
    “But what did he do to Ryan? You know he would never harm a human, and he never turned one either.”
    Madeline rose from the desk and walked around the office.
    “But, what if he did turn Ryan and he’s up there in Ambrose Heights, in the castle, adapting as a newborn? It could explain why he mysteriously disappeared. Can you imagine the damage that will cause the family?”
    Alex frowned as he deliberated the situation.
    “Shit! Of all the women out there, Steffan is a perfect match to Ryan’s wife? And she is going to be living just a few homes away from him? Talk about dangling the carrot in front of the rabbit!” Alex said in angst.
    Alex paused. He shook his head in disbelief and continued, “When Steffan and Anya meet, they will feel the instant attraction. Their connection to each other, on every level, will surface. Steffan has waited so long to find his mate, and he can’t even pursue her. Anya is already spoken for, bound to Ryan. I wonder what he knows so far.”
    The detective placed her hands on Alex’s shoulder and leaned into his ear. “And what if he already suspects the object of his mate connection is the wife of his recently turned vampire?”
    “All the better we talk with him now, confirm his suspicions, stop him from inadvertently breaking his own laws. He’ll need time to prepare for Anya’s presence in Ambrose Heights. I mean, he’s going to smell her in the tunnels. It’ll seep right into his home. I hope he doesn’t go mad.”
    “I have a much different take on what we should do here. I say this could be our chance to knock Steffan down from his reign over us,” Madeline said decisively.
    Her words were unexpected.
    Alex stood up. “What? Why? Steffan has made a nice life for all of us. What are you saying?”
    “Think about it. We’re governed by Steffan, but who governs our leader?”
    Riddled with confusion, Alex responded, “Well, no one,