Sergei’s eyes flashed with fury as Rune’s slender figure appeared in the doorway of Micha’s small office. They had searched Dimitri’s apartment before heading to the atrium. There had been no sign of Rune or Micha the first time they had come down. His heart had been heavy the closer they got. In the back of his mind, he thought she might have found her way back to wherever she came from. His stomach churned at the thought that Rune could somehow disappear as mysteriously as she had appeared in the first place. He didn’t say a word when he reached her. Relief choked him. Pulling her into his arms, he turned her so that she would be trapped between his body and Dimitri. He captured her lips as she gasped, drinking from her with a ravishing thirst of relief. He could feel Dimitri’s hands

