Liam's POV
Dust came down slowly from the ceiling then I raised my head up and saw Isla hanging there.
Isla dropped down into the shadows beside me with the soft sound of someone who'd practiced to be an assassin all her life.
She came down smiling, but it didn't reach her eyes; there was something tight there, like a string pulled taut.
“What were you doing?” I asked, bracing my hand on her shoulder to calm her
She blinked, as if surprised by the question.
“They wanted to confirm if I followed you. A vampire came in, one of those people you tagged as dead human beings. He was looking for me.”
She let the words hover, then laughed that small, brittle laugh. “I had to hide.”
“A vampire?” My voice went flat. “How did you know that? You couldn’t smell blood in him, right?”
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