Gabriel hadn't been to the vampire mansion since I recovered him from Ameline, but from the interested look on his face-a nice change from the sad brooding that gripped him during the drive-when we pulled into the long, paved lane, he remembered. He turned his hazel eyes to me with a spark of understanding, though didn't say anything while his sister kicked the back of my seat with her sneakered toes.
"Where are we?" Sassafras leaped onto the center console between Gabriel and me, Ethie straining against her seat belt to see. I usually arrived at this place through the veil, in a hurry, on a mission. Rarely did I ever just drive up and watch it appear at the top of the hill, surrounded by green lawns and trees. It reminded me just how amazing this place was, and triggered more memories th
