EMMA JANE LAY SPEECHLESS as she savored Vanessa's long, soft body against hers and felt an unexpected moment of peace. This was what she'd been looking for her whole life. She hadn't thought she'd do this, hadn’t thought she’d initiate contact so soon after trying to break things off. It was completely crazy and not at all the way she normally did things, but after hearing Vanessa crying on the phone with her mother, a bolt of clarity had struck her. Who cared if it made sense or if it was safe? Her whole life she'd done exactly what she was supposed to. She'd hunted down the evil that had killed her family, absorbed their power and become stronger from their attempt to defeat her. She’d decimated countless other ancient foes with very little difficulty. Then she'd been guided to this plac
