Liana took another step closer to me. I didn’t miss the way she swallowed. “Vampire?” she whispered. “What do they, um, eat?” she asked a moment later, giving me a concerned look.
I leaned over to give her elbow a reassuring squeeze. “For the most part, they drink from blood bags,” I said quietly. “Gilbert and Piers are our friends.”
Gilbert stopped murmuring to Abi and flashed Liana a smile, bowing his head. “It is a pleasure to meet any friend of Abigail’s,” he said as he set her back on the ground. “I will see you later?”
“Yeah, we’re just giving Liana a quick tour,” Abi said as I turned, leading Liana back towards the stairs and the first floor. We found Piers in Fenris’s office, just finishing his report to the Lunar Lord.
“Once I got them talking,” he drawled on, “the astronomers
