she searched with her eyes and with her fingers for a latch , finding only a key hole . a dead bolt ... emphasis on dead ... lucy pushed the thought out of her mind . she could n't afford to freak out , not now , not when she was locked in a house with a deranged vampire that hated her guts . i 'm so screwed ! just then delia rounded the corner and walked with a graceful gait right up to lucy

after twenty minutes , water half-filled the boat . '' there 's a small island just a couple of more miles ahead . i think we 'll get to it before we sink completely . is it too soon in our relationship to ask you if you can swim ? '' she muffled a laugh , '' yes , i can swim

catching is harder but preferable - if you knock a stalactite out of the way , it 'll crash and shatter . that sort of noise can bring the roof down . '' '' i thought you said this was going to be easier than the aquatic maze , '' i complained . '' it is , '' he assured me . '' you need lots of luck to make it out of the aquatic maze

as she was scanning the pages , her eyes flashed . she blinked , then gave famine a look of wonder . '' you live in the deadlands ? '' she asked . '' yes . i live in a cemetery in the middle of the deadlands with my folks and my uncle . '' angelique gave the cart a once over then turned her attention back to
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