The house looked exactly the same when we returned to the estate on Wolf Mountain.  My grandmother was the first to mention it, although, I had to agree.“You’d think that, after two years, something would have changed,” she complained.“Perhaps our dear Maryanne prefers to keep things as Pinky liked them,” my grandfather mused.Eliza Cramby eyed her husband with a critical glower.  “Even in death Martha has you wrapped around her little pinky, does she not?”“Why do you say such a thing?” my grandfather complained.   He looked directly at me and smiled. “Now you know why she was nick named “Pinky”.  My poor jealous wife has always believed that your great grandmother had me wrapped around her little pinky just because I could deny her nothing.”I giggled.  “Isn’t that kind of like having you wrapped around her pinky, then?”

I watched out of the window until I could see Godwin’s army approaching.  Without waiting for Kenton’s approval, I flung the door open and shouted for him as I ran into his arms.Although I wanted nothing more than to spit in his face, I returned his kisses with the passion that one would expect to be in a woman who’d been kept from her one true love for two years.“My love,” he laughed wildly while saying between my fervent kisses, “my beautiful Missy,  I can’t breathe.”I stopped kissing him and buried my face into his neck – more to hide my revulsion than anything else – while I murmured my woes at being kept from him.“I thought I was only going for a short visit.  My grandfather said that he wanted to show me my heritage.  I had no idea that I’d be kept a prisoner,” I whimpered.  “Do you still want me?  Tell me that you still love me, God

I felt more like myself when I climbed out of the bath and put on some fresh clothes.  Kenton must have heard me moving about because when I reached the main floor, he was waiting outside on the front lawn for me with both Maximillian and Roger tacked and ready to go.The night air felt cool on my still damp skin and I shuddered.  Kenton reminded me that fall was upon us and that the nights could get particularly cold.  Upon his suggestion, I scooted back inside and tied a hoodie around my waist by its arms.  It was better to be safe than sorry.It had only been a few months for me since I’d ridden Roger, but to Roger, it had been a few years.  His enthusiastic response to seeing me was heart wrenchingly wonderful.  Once again, my tears flowed and I had to excuse myself for being overly emotional.When Kenton informed me that my emotional outbursts were a result of an on pour of vampire venom in my system, I hated Godwin even

Sleep overtook me almost as soon as I’d sprawled across the bed.  The sun was waking up the world by the time Godwin arrived to disturb my blissful sleep with the outlandish raucous he was creating in the foyer.Thankfully, both my mother and Cindy had gone to bed hours earlier so there was only Kenton to greet him when he came bounding into the house.  His argument with Kenton was loud and threatening.  He insisted on being allowed upstairs to my room while Kenton was determined that I not be disturbed. I was at a loss at what to do.  The last thing I wanted was to be stuck behind closed doors with Godwin.   Whether I was with Kenton or not, I still wanted Godwin out of my life and, preferably, serving time for his dirty deeds. My mind worked, frantically, to think of how to handle the situation.  Fortunately, only Godwin was able to barge his way into the house.  His entourage of half a dozen vampires w

Since Michael had previously been warned by the Association to stop his sordid method of increasing his pack, he was already under fire.  In fact, that’s why he was at war with the vampires. It was risky to expose ourselves to the vampires when we’d taken the head of the committee into custody, but we felt best about turning Michael’s fate over to them rather than take his life.  Cindy was appeased by the fact that the odds were high that they’d execute him anyway.  Turning Michael over to the Association would also insure the release of the kidnapped girls.With that decided, we proceeded to work out a plan to capture Michael.  Since the moon would still be full  that evening, we knew that he would be out and roaming the mountain with his men.  What we weren’t sure about was what the vampires would be doing without Godwin to lead them. Kenton had no choice but to go before the Association t