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“Do you plan to dine alone with Jasmine?” Arman asked.
“Yes.”
“We’ll have room service,” Levka said, “but what if Jasmine believes I’ve turned Caitlin?” Levka’s expression and his voice were dark and protective.
Stasio knew if Jasmine had any plan to kill Caitlin, suspecting she was newly turned, Levka would take Jasmine out himself.
“Jasmine seemed to believe my explanation that Caitlin had received some bad blood or a virus and was okay now. It happens sometimes,” Stasio said.
“Okay, well, Jasmine’s kissing you won’t stop me from killing her if she comes after Caitlin,” Levka warned.
As much as Stasio abhorred the idea of killing a vampiress he was interested in, he said, “I would take care of her, Levka. Don’t worry.”
But Levka and their friends didn’t seem reassured. “I want you to stay in your room until the appointed time and check on Gareth telepathically after a while to make sure he got safely away.”
“I will.” Stasio planned to without Levka having to tell him, but Levka had that inborn need to be in charge and make sure everything ran smoothly.
To Ruric, Levka said, “We’ll drive to Scotland and see if we can find a safe haven for a bit.”
“For first thing tomorrow?” Ruric asked.
“As soon as we need to leave. Everyone needs to be ready to go at a moment’s notice, no matter the time,” Levka said.
Everyone agreed, though Stasio wished he could have breakfast with Jasmine in the morning before they left. She probably would be leaving for New York anyway, as soon as she learned Gareth was gone.
But then Gareth suddenly telepathically contacted Stasio.“I can’t get away. Pierre is after me. If you could distract him, I’ll escape through the secret passages.”
“Gareth’s in trouble,” Stasio warned his friends. He was already headed for the door.
“Wait,” Levka said.
“Pierre’s after him. You remember the secret passages only my family knew of? And you and the others, of course, because we used to play in them, but he’s going to try and escape that way. He needs someone to act as a diversion. I’m going. You can’t risk it.”
“We’re all going,” Levka said. “Except for Caitlin.”
“I’m a witch,” she reminded him and headed out the door with the rest of them.
“A beautiful witch that I want to keep alive,” Levka said, annoyed.
Stasio figured by now, Levka would realize Caitlin had a mind of her own and wouldn’t be bossed around or left behind, no matter how dangerous the situation got. Not after all she’d been through already.
“I don’t like the plan,” Arman said. “If Pierre didn’t realize we were rogues, he will think so once he sees we’re helping Gareth escape.”
“He won’t see Gareth,” Caitlin said.
Everyone glanced at her as they hurried down the hall to the stairs.
“He’ll disappear.” She snapped her fingers.
“Your invisibility spell,” Levka said, light dawning. “But you have to go with him.”
“You distract Pierre. I’ll go with Gareth,” she said.
“And me,” Ruric said. “He won’t trust you. And you won’t know how to find him.”
“All right. And Ruric.”
Stasio was glad that Caitlin had fit in with their little pack of vampires without any issue. She’d needed friends when she hadn’t had any, and it was as though she’d always been with them. Except she was always coming up with a new spell she’d learned that surprised them.
