You're So Vein by Warren Christine

Author:Warren, Christine [Warren, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781429966504
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-03-31T07:00:00+00:00

signed it.”

“Maybe it wasn’t meant for you,” Missy suggested.

“I could accept that, if it weren’t directed to ‘Dear Ava.’ ”

Samantha gave a lengthy, exasperated sigh. “Well, are you going to tell us what it says or just standaround and be cryptic?”

Ava read, “ ‘Dear Ava, Congratulations on your recent elevation in the world. As a member of myhousehold, it is your duty to present yourself to me at your earliest opportunity. I receive callers at theaddress below for two hours each evening, beginning thirty minutes after dusk. Please try to be prompt. Ibelieve your change in circumstances leaves us much to discuss. Sincerely …’ ” She shook her head. “It’s initials, I think, but whoever wrote them down needs to have a serious rethink about her calligraphyhobby. It looks kind of like a ‘KO.’ No, wait, ‘YO.’ ‘YC’? ‘KC’? I can’t be positive.”

Samantha pursed her lips. “Huh. I don’t suppose that’s any less confusing to you than it is to me?” Sheglanced at Graham and Missy. “To us.”

“Not really. Like I said, I have no idea who it’s from. I mean, the language would make me think it had something to do with my … turning, but other than you and Dima—and Reggie and Misha—who else would know about that?”

Missy shook her head, then turned when the phone in the corner buzzed. Recognizing the light thatindicated the intercom function that connected the house to the club next door was flashing, she pressedthe speaker button. “Yes?”

“I am sorry to disturb you, madam,” said a very proper voice with an accent that was just dying to be

British but couldn’t quite manage it. “I wished to speak with your husband, if I might.”

“I’m here, Rogers,” Graham said. “What do you need?”

“I’m afraid we’re having a … small disturbance, sir,” the club’s butler explained after a brief hesitation.

He sounded reluctant to talk over an open speaker line. “There is a gentleman requesting entrance whois not a member. He is being quite insistent.”

“Tell him the rules, Rogers. If he wants to join, he can come fill out an application just like everyone

else.”

“Yes, sir, I did explain the standard procedure to him. He says that he does not wish to join, that he is

here looking for someone. He also claims to know you personally.”

“What’s his name?”

There was a slight hesitation and a muffled noise in the background before Rogers spoke again.

“Vladimir Rurikovich.”

Ava was certain she didn’t make a sound—though inside she was cursing like a dockworker—but sheobviously didn’t need to. Graham’s attention snapped immediately to her and an unholy look ofanticipation lit his eyes.

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