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“What are you doing here?” Adaria asked. His sudden appearance had flustered her, and she stood frozen in the middle of the room as she watched him. Her brown eyes locked with his red ones, and for several moments, they simply stood there, gazing at each other with so many unsaid words between them.
But then the full blow of where they where and who they were with hit Adaria, and panic settled in the pits of her stomach. What would Rachel think, having confided in her that Lady Danbury was secretly consorting with the vampires. Would she assume the same about her as well?
Nero stepped into the room nonchalantly, his eyes taking in everything except the unclad figure of Beatrice who was eyeing him like a peace of meat. She seemed unbothered by her own state of undress, and Nero tri
