CHAPTER TEN
We left the vampire to his work and continued our stroll down the beach. We reached the point where the earth sloped upward and curved toward the top of the cliff like a set of elegant stairs. The sand was replaced by tufts of grass and bits of rock, and a few trees crept from the inland and provided shade as we stopped at the point of transition.
I breathed in deeply the perfume of grass and wildflowers. “It’s nice to have a new smell after that long beach. Is this as far as Lusio’s property goes?”
Tegan shook his head. “Not quite. I think it goes for another few miles and encompasses the crypts the vampires use as their resting place.”
I stretched my neck to catch a glimpse of that sight. “How far is that?”
“Far enough that we’d miss the first trial if we tried to
