“Helping their destruction would be treachery and betrayal.” “They are mine,” she said, and turned her head away. “You’ll tell us they’re creating a danger,” I said, “but you won’t help us stop them?” That is the only way you will save your city.” “I don’t think they’re going to be open to what we have to say.” Theo’s voice was dry. A hole will be wrought, and place and time will mix.” She swallowed hard.

If that fabric is pulled too hard, it will tear. Pulling the realm into this world stretches the warp and weft of our world and of yours. “If you are speaking true, he has done a great wrong. While that realm has touched the human world before, it is to be separate. “What do you mean, it won’t thrive?” Theo asked. “Bringing it here will not cause it to thrive. “No,” she said with desperation, and dropped her head again. “They’ve shifted it here, or parts of it, into two places in the city.” If she were stronger, I suspected she’d be able to use magic to unbuckle them. Her eyes opened wide and she tried to sit up, but her arms had been tied to the bed with leather restraints. He’s trying to bring the green land to Chicago.” She was still pale, but her color seemed to have evened out a little. Simple accommodations for the Cadogan vampires who chose to live in the House.Ĭlaudia lay in the bed in the same dress we’d brought her in.

There was a simple wooden bed, a nightstand, a dresser, and a bookshelf. The room was small, with pale walls and wood floors. Then the door closed behind us, leaving us in silence. The human looked at the vampire, who nodded. “We need to ask her some questions,” I said. Two more stood inside-one human, one vampire. She walked down the hall, and we waited for the guard to open the door.

Wild hunger by chloe neill