Desperately Seeking Vampire by Katie MacAlister

Author:Katie MacAlister
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, vampire romance
Publisher: Fat Cat Books
Published: 2022-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

FIVE

“Has the door to my mausoleum been repaired?” Ivo asked when he entered Christian’s castle. Finch sat at a desk with a device that he had informed Ivo earlier was called a laptop.

“There you are. I wondered where you’d gone off to. I thought we were going to visit the Faire together?” Finch asked.

“You were busy. I went without you. I met ...” He stopped, not wanting to go into the details of just how hellish his already nightmarish life had become. “Christian’s motorcycle is in the town, at the hotel.”

“It is?” Finch asked, sitting back, giving him a quizzical look, one that was oddly piercing. It made Ivo pleased that he had returned to the room given to him and utilized the fresh clothing that Finch and Christian had put at his disposal. The journey to see Minerva had left him looking less like a Dark One and more like something found squashed in a trash bin in a particularly unsavory alley. “You took it out for a ride?”

“Yes.” He made no further comment about the fact that he had not mastered the machinery. If he had a future, he might do so, but what use would such knowledge be to him now? “The mausoleum door?”

“It’s not yet repaired. Christian said he’d have workmen attend to it on Monday. Are you desperately hungry? You might be able to handle a bit more pig’s blood—”

“No to both,” Ivo said, squaring his shoulders as he turned and left the library. He’d just have to exist until the door could be replaced. Once in his room, he paced the floor, making and discarding plans. He would not blame Minerva for her refusal to be what he needed her to be—he might be viewed in this modern time as dated in his sensibilities, but the idea of forcing her into a situation not only made his flesh crawl; it made him want to rage. No one, not even he, could be allowed to put her in a position where she had no choice in her life.

However, she was his Beloved. He owed it to her to make sure that her life would be one of as much happiness and contentment as he could provide. Therefore, he would see the two strongmen in the morning, and ascertain details about this spell that they believed Minerva had. He would then speak to her calmly, and without any of the pesky emotions, needs, and desires that roiled around inside of him, and do whatever it took to resolve the situation.

Once she was free of the strongmen’s attention, he would consult a lawyer and banker, and make sure that she was given the fruit of his estate. He wasn’t an overly rich man, but he had been prudent in his investments over the last two centuries, and assuming the money he had left behind in 1916 had not suffered a catastrophe, she should have enough money to live a life of comfort without having to seek employment with men such as the one who thrust her into this situation.

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