FOURTEEN
“Hello everyone. What brings you here this evening?” Baron breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his brow with his sleeve.
Gale pushed her way in front of everyone and stood next to Baron as her five-foot-nine frame towered over his. “What are we doing here? I think the real question is, what are you doing here?”
“I believe Carmilla’s hiding place is here.”
Cory walked over to the sack and started retrieving the swords and stakes. “And you didn’t feel it was necessary to contact us?”
Baron pointed at Isabella. “I felt it was too dangerous and I didn’t want her to give our chase away to Carmilla.”
Gale glared at Baron and then grabbed a stake from Cory. “That’s a bit rude, don’t you think?”
“I apologize, but I needed to be sure, and I couldn’t take any chances of losing her th
