“You think they haven’t taken all that into account?” interrupted Robert, now exasperated. “For the love of... That place is designed to keep vampires from breaking in or out. Anne need hardly consider herself morally obliged to get herself killed for the sake of someone who’s already as good as... Hey, where—?”
“I’m going hunting,” snapped Lucille, already at the door.
“Well, if you’ll wait five minutes, dear, I’ll just—” said Anne, but her soothing tones were altogether wasted.
“I need time alone,” was the politest acknowledgement Lucille could bring herself to make as she swept out of the room.
“Let her be, Anne,” advised Robert. “You said she was the capable type, after all, and if it would only help her to calm down a little—”
“If she was telling the truth about going hunting, th
