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Valentine smacked his shoulder. “Don’t do that. Don’t pretend like you know her. If she isn’t answering, there is only one reason, and it’s because she is being held against her will somewhere.”
“So go get her.”
Valentine clicked her tongue. “Like I haven’t thought of that. Do you know what you need to leave the country? A passport. Money. I have neither.”
“You don’t have a passport?” he asked, frowning.
She shook her head. “We had passports when we were kids and were summoned to the council, but Sylvester, our father, never let us renew them.”
“How come?”
“Because that would have made it too easy for us to run away.”
“Ah. Right. That makes sense.”
“Does it?”
“Sure. In a vampire psycho kind of way.”
She laughed despite herself. “That’s exactly what my father is. A vampire psycho. That’s why I know Lil isn’t in her right mind.”
“I’ve gone to the estate. There is no one there. Not even a staff member. No one knows where your father is. But now, you know your sisterhasto be in the country.”
“How could that be true? The vampire council is in Italy.”
Nero smiled at her victoriously. “You said she doesn’t have a passport.”
“Oh. Well. The council could have some fucked up connections. She might not have needed one.”
“A good place to start might be your father’s other properties.”
“I thought of that!” she cried. “But what am I supposed to do? Waltz up to all of my father’s estates and hope I don’t get killed the second they see me coming?”
“I am obviously not suggesting you go alone.”
Val arched a brow at him. “Whatareyou suggesting?”
“That we go find her. Together.”
SIX
NERO
No sooner were the words out of his mouth that Nero knew it was a terrible idea.
A great fucking idea.
But a bad one.
He was an alpha and a sheriff. He couldn’t just take off to go chasing after a Half-Blood who wasn’t even missing.
It was too late, though.
As soon as he made the suggestion, he could see how excited Valentine was about the idea. He wasn’t so silly as to think she was excited about the prospect of spending time with him. But a man could still feel good about himself.
“You would do that?” she whispered in disbelief.
Nero would always be a little bit proud that he had somehow managed to make Valentine speechless and breathless with more than his kiss. She blinked at him like he had the answer to life, and it made him feel about twenty feet tall.
