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“Where
are they? Can you take me to them now like you brought me
here?”
“My lady, I don’t think that—”
Lizzy raised her hand and the troll said
nothing more, but bowed again and stepped back. She wrapped her
arms around him and told him to close his eyes again. A rush of air
and he heard his son laughing.
“Dad, come look at this.”
He pulled away from Lizzy, but before he
could take more than half a step, she crumpled in his arms.
“Dad?”
“There might be someone in the hall; run and
tell them to get a doctor. Quick, son.” Logan took her to the big
bed and laid her down. Then watched his sister as she walked across
the room and helped him cover her up. He could only stare at her.
She wasn’t limping, nor was she bruised.
“That man, I don’t remember his name, he
said it was the magic of the castle.” She looked down at Lizzy.
“What happened to her?”
“She’s dying,” Mel announced as she walked
into the room.
Chapter 6
Aaron watched the young man as he paced the
room. Logan was completely out of his element, yet he wasn’t acting
like it. As the man paced by him again, it was all he could do not
to reach out and hug him. He was taking the news much better than
he would have.
“So if I do as you said and feed her, she’ll
be all right?”
Mel shook her head, and Logan stretched.
“You said she was dying and needed blood,”
Logan said. “If I can’t give her that, what the fuck use is it for
me to be her mate?”
“I’m going to pop you in the mouth if you
don’t calm the fuck down,” Mel said, just as tense as the young
man. “I said she is starving, but it’s not just blood. Don’t you
fucking listen?”
“Mellie, perhaps if you—”
“I swear to Christ, Shamus, if you tell me
to calm down again I’m going to stab you in the heart. I am as calm
as I can be.” Aaron snorted, and Mellie turned on him. “Your
daughter is lying in one of my guest chamber— dying and
you’re making noises out of your nose like a hog. Say whatever you
will or get out of my castle.”
Aaron looked at Logan. “She’s been here
instead of home. The castle has magic surrounding it so that as a
vampire, like Lizzy is at the moment, even my blood won’t heal her.
She needs you.”
“What do you mean a vampire like she is at
the moment? Isn’t she a vampire at your house too?” Aaron shook his
head. “Then you’ll have to explain that better than miss fancy
pants there because I don’t see the difference.”
“She’s not really a vampire at your house,
is she, Mr. MacManus?” They all turned to Mathew as he continued.
“She’s a princess, huh? And she needs a knight in shining armor to
wake her up.”
Aaron knelt down before the boy. “That’s
right. And what does one have to do to wake a princess?”
“It’s really a girl’s story. I read it
because it was extra credit at school. I wanted to read Swiss
Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, but it was taken by a
seventh-grader. And he said he lost it.” Mathew looked at his dad.
“You have to love her. That’s all. The kiss won’t work unless you
do.”
“I have that book in my library at home,
young man. And a great many more. If you’d like to come with me,
I’ll get it for you to read while you’re here.” Aaron stood up and
looked at Logan. “That is if it’s okay with your dad.”
Logan was distracted. Because if he had been
more focused, Aaron was sure he wouldn’t have let Matthew go alone
with a near stranger. As soon as he picked the boy up he
transported them both to within the library of his home. Mathew
moved to the wall of books and looked at the titles, careful not to
touch them.
“Lizzy likes to read. She said she prefers
books over a reading device, though she has one. Do you? Have one
of those reader things?”
Mathew nodded.
“Take whatever ones you want and return them
when you’re finished.”
“They’re old, aren’t they?”
“Yes, they are.”
“I bet you have
are they? Can you take me to them now like you brought me
here?”
“My lady, I don’t think that—”
Lizzy raised her hand and the troll said
nothing more, but bowed again and stepped back. She wrapped her
arms around him and told him to close his eyes again. A rush of air
and he heard his son laughing.
“Dad, come look at this.”
He pulled away from Lizzy, but before he
could take more than half a step, she crumpled in his arms.
“Dad?”
“There might be someone in the hall; run and
tell them to get a doctor. Quick, son.” Logan took her to the big
bed and laid her down. Then watched his sister as she walked across
the room and helped him cover her up. He could only stare at her.
She wasn’t limping, nor was she bruised.
“That man, I don’t remember his name, he
said it was the magic of the castle.” She looked down at Lizzy.
“What happened to her?”
“She’s dying,” Mel announced as she walked
into the room.
Chapter 6
Aaron watched the young man as he paced the
room. Logan was completely out of his element, yet he wasn’t acting
like it. As the man paced by him again, it was all he could do not
to reach out and hug him. He was taking the news much better than
he would have.
“So if I do as you said and feed her, she’ll
be all right?”
Mel shook her head, and Logan stretched.
“You said she was dying and needed blood,”
Logan said. “If I can’t give her that, what the fuck use is it for
me to be her mate?”
“I’m going to pop you in the mouth if you
don’t calm the fuck down,” Mel said, just as tense as the young
man. “I said she is starving, but it’s not just blood. Don’t you
fucking listen?”
“Mellie, perhaps if you—”
“I swear to Christ, Shamus, if you tell me
to calm down again I’m going to stab you in the heart. I am as calm
as I can be.” Aaron snorted, and Mellie turned on him. “Your
daughter is lying in one of my guest chamber— dying and
you’re making noises out of your nose like a hog. Say whatever you
will or get out of my castle.”
Aaron looked at Logan. “She’s been here
instead of home. The castle has magic surrounding it so that as a
vampire, like Lizzy is at the moment, even my blood won’t heal her.
She needs you.”
“What do you mean a vampire like she is at
the moment? Isn’t she a vampire at your house too?” Aaron shook his
head. “Then you’ll have to explain that better than miss fancy
pants there because I don’t see the difference.”
“She’s not really a vampire at your house,
is she, Mr. MacManus?” They all turned to Mathew as he continued.
“She’s a princess, huh? And she needs a knight in shining armor to
wake her up.”
Aaron knelt down before the boy. “That’s
right. And what does one have to do to wake a princess?”
“It’s really a girl’s story. I read it
because it was extra credit at school. I wanted to read Swiss
Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, but it was taken by a
seventh-grader. And he said he lost it.” Mathew looked at his dad.
“You have to love her. That’s all. The kiss won’t work unless you
do.”
“I have that book in my library at home,
young man. And a great many more. If you’d like to come with me,
I’ll get it for you to read while you’re here.” Aaron stood up and
looked at Logan. “That is if it’s okay with your dad.”
Logan was distracted. Because if he had been
more focused, Aaron was sure he wouldn’t have let Matthew go alone
with a near stranger. As soon as he picked the boy up he
transported them both to within the library of his home. Mathew
moved to the wall of books and looked at the titles, careful not to
touch them.
“Lizzy likes to read. She said she prefers
books over a reading device, though she has one. Do you? Have one
of those reader things?”
Mathew nodded.
“Take whatever ones you want and return them
when you’re finished.”
“They’re old, aren’t they?”
“Yes, they are.”
“I bet you have
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