Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands

Author:Lynsay Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

“She’s not here,” Wyatt said quietly behind her as Elspeth walked into the empty guest room. “Neither are her clothes or her luggage.”

She glanced over her shoulder to see that he was standing by the door, his gaze moving around the room, including the empty closet visible through the open bifold doors.

“She must have finished packing and headed down to the basement apartment while we were in the kitchen,” Elspeth said thoughtfully.

“Doesn’t seem like her. I’d have expected her to at least make us carry her luggage down,” Wyatt commented, moving up beside her.

“At least,” Elspeth agreed.

“She went down after your sisters joined us in the kitchen, or they would have mentioned she’d left,” he pointed out.

Elspeth merely nodded, and then gasped in surprise when he scooped her up in his arms. Grabbing for his shoulders, she protested, “I can walk.”

“It’ll be faster if I carry you, and I need to be sure she didn’t leave the door unlocked,” he explained as he hurried out of the room and up the hall.

“Of course she didn’t,” Elspeth said calmly. “She’s the one who’s overprotective and . . .”

Her words died as they reached the front entry hall and saw that the door was unlocked.

“She came out and overheard the conversation in the kitchen and now knows you know,” Wyatt said with certainty.

“What makes you say that?” she asked curiously, reaching out for the wall to balance herself when he set her on her feet and moved over to lock the door.

“It’s the only reason she’d leave and not think to lock the door when she knows someone is trying to kill you,” he reasoned.

“Maybe. Or maybe she was just using the attack as an excuse to regain control of me and doesn’t really think I’m in much danger,” she murmured, and when he glanced to her in question, she pointed out, “Well, whoever pushed me in front of that car couldn’t have been an immortal. Any immortal would know that wouldn’t kill me, so it had to have been a mortal, which means they aren’t much of a threat.”

“You don’t consider mere mortals a threat?” he asked, his gaze narrowing as he walked back to her.

Elspeth got the distinct impression he felt insulted by the idea that she might not think him dangerous, so said honestly, “You would be. You know how to kill us. Most mortals don’t though. Most don’t even know we exist.”

Appearing somewhat mollified, he nodded and scooped her up to carry her into the kitchen.

“Ellie!”

“Elspeth!”

“What happened?”

“Nothing. I’m fine,” Elspeth said quickly as Sam, Alex, and the twins rushed forward to crowd around Wyatt as he carried her to a chair.

“Do you have any bandages here?” Wyatt asked as he straightened.

“Bandages are a waste of money,” Alex assured him as she retrieved a bag of blood from the refrigerator. “It will close quickly. It’s already stopped bleeding.”

“Thank you,” Elspeth murmured as she took the bag and slapped it to her mouth.

“Mother didn’t do this, did she?” Julianna asked with a frown.

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