Lyn My whole body aches terribly. Again and again I feel as if I am losing consciousness, but the final all-consuming blackness unfortunately does not welcome me. Instead, I overhear three vampires talking over me. They talk over my head as if I wasn't even there, or even as if I was a simple object. I have had enough of this. I want to get up and walk away. Back to my retreat, but I don't get far. Immediately the vampires stop me. As I try to stand up pain shoots through my whole body. I regret a little not letting Prince Elias heal me, but it's just too dangerous. What if he tastes my blood and notices that it tastes remarkably like wolf's blood. No, that must not happen, because then I would be dead for good. The words of the others only reach my ears in muffled tones and I keep losin

