Shannon Drake-Vampire 05 by The Awakening

Author:The Awakening [Awakening, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-13T21:24:16+00:00

"This is frighteningly like the poker game—you're trying to keep me on the outskirts—"

"Maggie, you have children."

"You have a son now, as well!"

"And you have a two-month-old baby," Lucian said quietly.

Maggie stared hard at Jade. "You've known that something is going on."

"All I know is that Lucian has been uneasy since we met Finn Douglas, and that we're going to Salem to talk to him—and that Lucian did somehow know that he'd call by tonight."

"Maggie, if there were something I could really tell you, I would. And if there were something you could do… I'm afraid I'd feel compelled to let you do it. But I don't understand what is happening yet. Honestly." Lucian sat again, drumming his fingers on the table. He glanced at Jade. "How much time do we have?"

"We need to be at the airport in about two hours," Jade said.

"I really should come with you," Maggie said stubbornly.

"Maggie," Sean said impatiently.

"No," Lucian said.

"You may need me."

Lucian looked at Sean. "She isn't listening to me. Tell her that you two have a family. That she has a baby daughter, only two months old."

Sean and Maggie exchanged a long gaze. Sean stood, folding his arms over his chest and looking at his wife with both reproach and amusement. " I should go. Hm. I am the one who is a cop, you know."

"Of course, Sean, but once… well, once I was different!" Maggie murmured.

Sean shook his head and sighed with a feigned display of great largesse and patience. He smiled slowly, turning to Lucian. "We'll see, Lucian. We'll see." He turned back to his wife. "If we decide we just can't live without a trip to New England, we'll come together. Hey, it might prove to be a good idea—like I said, I am the cop. Never hurts to have a cop around, even if he's a Southern boy in the far North."

"Sean is right—it's always good to have a cop around," Lucian said.

"But I do still have a certain sixth sense," Maggie protested. "I can tell what you're trying to do right now. You all want to go, and you want to leave Maggie safe at home. It can't work that way and you know it."

"We'll see," Sean and Lucian said simultaneously.

Maggie exploded with an impatient sigh.

"We should get to the airport," Jade said uncomfortably. She stood up. "By the way, Ragnor and Jordan are arriving in New York tonight, and I've put through an E-mail to Tara and Brent."

"And what did you tell them?" Maggie demanded.

"To stand by," Jade said.

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