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Chapter 24
The sound of Cerie’s stilettos clicking against the castle’s polished marble floors alerted Rowan of her arrival long before her tall, stately frame stood in the doorway. She looked like the poster witch for a Halloween advertisement with her long black wool cape and black pointed witch’s hat.
The soft, warm smile on her full lips didn’t make it to her steel grey eyes as she greeted the old vampire with a kiss on each cheek and a quick hug.
“So, what is it this time?” she asked as she removed her elbow length, black satin gloves with slow deliberation to expose smooth olive colored skin that belied her true age.
Rowan’s dark eyes twinkled as he silently took in the full scope of her before gently asking, “Did I pull you into the future or away from a costume party?”
“That is no way to solicit my assistance,” she scolded as she removed her cape and tossed it over the back of a nearby chair.<
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