Thane
I glanced at Emrys. He was looking steadfastly down into the wells inky depths. His face was impassive but I knew he had heard exactly what I had heard.
He had seen exactly what I had seen.
And so had Melanie.
I had questions so many questions. The most pressing of all was how in Hell's name, had Aspen managed to find herself in the arms of the most powerful vampire on the planet. When she had escaped us, she should have run. Running was the smart thing to do and Aspen was smart.
Tearing my eyes from Emrys, I locked them back on the image playing out below me. She was being whirled around now. Her skin shining in the light of a thousand candles. It looked real. Her skin looked luminescent. So lifelike that i wanted to reach out a hand and touch her. Reach through the well and
