Chapter Twenty-One
“What kind of help?” Nola asked, resisting as Kieran tried to guide her to a chair.
Emanuel paced across the carpet. “The only way to get you home is for the domes to believe you were brought here against your will. If we are operating under the guise that vampires broke into the domes and kidn*pped you, then, and I mean no offense, we must also maintain that we wish to give you back. I am sure we can all agree it would be a very unlikely story that we in Nightland kidn*pped sweet Nola and she managed to escape us and arrive home undamaged.”
The group in the room nodded.
After a reluctant moment, Nola nodded, too. “I don’t think I could escape a few hundred vampires in an underground lair alive.”
“Good.” Emanuel’s shoulders relaxed. “We’ve contacted the domes and in
