Immortal Prophecy

“Where is she? What happened?” James asked impatiently.

  Adele pulled herself together. “She was in the garden. I went to check on her, and I smelled it. Not Vincent…but a minion.”

  James’ heart jumped into his throat. “Go on.”

  “I sensed her fear and knew she was alive, so I ran straight to her. I found her with Kathryn. They both seemed disturbed by something in the bushes, so I got them back inside as quickly as I could without raising too many suspicions.”

  His body was as tightly strung as a violin, the fear was threatening to paralyze him. “Is she ok?”

  “Yes, but if I hadn’t gotten there when I did…” Adele didn’t have to finish the sentence; they both knew what would have happened.

  “Where is she now?”

  “She’s with Kathryn and Chase in the lounge.”

  He sighed with relief. Ally was alright. James could take his anger out on the vampire that tried to hurt her. “Where is the vampire in question?”

  “Sorry, James.” Adele sounded disappointed. “I had to make a choice. I chased him as far as I could, but I didn’t dare stray too far from Ally.”

  “I’m glad you chose Ally.”

  Adele wandered over to the counter and leaned against it, letting a sigh fill the room. “I don’t think the creature is hanging around out there, but I don’t know for sure.”

  “He’ll be long gone by now,” James replied absently.

  “I thought she was safe here, at the house at least,” Adele murmured.

  James’ heart was heavy. “I am beginning to think that nowhere is safe.”

  They both sat down at the table to form a plan to get Ally safely out of the country that night.

  “We need to get her into a deep sleep in order to get her on the plane,” James said. “We both know she’ll refuse to go if given the choice.”

  “You’re right. I will take care of that, you just stay out of sight.” With that, Adele got up from the table and went in search of Ally.

  He nodded and went to make himself a coffee. It was going to be a long night.