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Valefar said time moves differently, yet it felt like I was gone for over an hour.
“How long was I gone?” I ask.
“Minutes,” Max replies.
“But the vampires…”
“Dead.” And I know he would have had no issues handling them all alone. “Are you okay? That demon didn’t…” he trails off, not wanting to finish the sentence but wanting to know the answer.
I shake my head. “We aren’t related, are we?” I ask Max. “Because even though demons don’t mind keeping it in the bloodline, I do.”
“My father was a low-level demon. Yours is not.”
Okay! I nod.
That makes sense.
I think.
“Are you hurt?” he asks, reaching for me. I shake my head and pull back. “Did he bring you back?”
“No,” I answer truthfully. “Who killed the vampires?”
“Me,” he says, stepping even closer. “Then who brought you back?” This time when he reaches out to touch me, I let him because I am a sucker for all things Max.
“Valefar said I could do it myself, but I don’t know how.”
“You could. I can.” My brows rise in surprise. “Did you not think I could?”
“No, I do. How do you do it?”
“I think of where I want to be, and I am there,” he declares, as if it’s that simple. It’s not. I close my eyes and think of somewhere I want to be, and just as I do, Max squeezes me, and I open my eyes.
“It doesn’t work like that for me,” I tell him.
“No, it appears it does not.”
“I wonder why. Maybe it’s because you are part Angel as well.”
“Possibly. But you are more powerful than me, so it should work for you.”
I lean into him and rest my head on his shoulder. “I don’t feel more powerful,” I whisper.
“Talia.” I turn to see John walking toward us. “Where did you go?”
“Valefar,” I reply with a groan.
“Your sister needs you.” I go to pull myself away from Max, but he holds me tighter.
“How did you get back?”
“Death,” I say before I finally pull away from Max and leave without looking back.
* * *
“Ithink…” My sister starts pacing. She’s back in her house and hasn’t stopped moving back and forth, back and forth. “Oh my God.” She bends over in pain, clutching her stomach.
“Tatiana.” I run over to her and wrap an arm around her shoulders.
