22/04/2026 09:22

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I know that you and David only acted in my own best interests. I've never been a proper father to her. An unwholesome chill swept out to meet them, but Kristian seemed oblivious to it. It was Pierre.

—it would disorient him for long enough— But Karl was coming for him, impossibly fast, like flame. He lifted a hand off his knee and held it level. Karl began to interrupt the argument but the words died on his lips; what he sensed in the atmosphere was more than emotion, it was something physical. God, if you could only see yourself with my eyes! You are as enthralling to me as a vampire can be to a mortal;