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Against her better judgment, Kim invited Daniel Leland into her family home. There was actually a small outbuilding, not part of the dwelling proper, that had been built expressly for the purpose of receiving guests who should not necessarily be allowed any closer to the heart of North America’s magical authority. But he had moved swiftly away from the doors and windows, spine stiff and straight, hand hovering ominously by his hip, and so, because she trusted that his interest in his own survival would override any murderous bloodsucking instincts that might surface, she allowed him into the Reed fortress.
The place was not so much a house as a large number of houses linked by climate-controlled tunnels and covered walkways to form a vast compound. At any other time, it would have be
