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Someone, say, like Mia. I wasn't the fainting type, but for just a moment, I felt like I could keel over. The world spun, and I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. When I could see again, my surroundings stayed stable. Okay. No problem. I would reason this out. Mason, Eddie, and Mia had left the resort earlier today. Not only that, they had done it by using compulsion—which was utterly forbidden. They hadn't told anyone. They'd left through the north gate. I'd seen a map of the resort. The north gate guarded a driveway that connected to the only semi-major road in the area, a small highway that led to a little town about twelve miles away. The town Mason had mentioned that had buses. To Spokane. Spokane—where this traveling pack of Strigoi and their humans might be living. Spokane—where Mason could fulfill all his crazy dreams of slaying Strigoi. Spokane—which he only knew about because of me. "No, no, no," I murmured to myself, almost running toward my room. There, I stripped off the dress and changed into heavy winter clothes: boots, jeans, and a sweater. Grabbing my coat and gloves, I hurried back toward the door and then paused. I was acting without thinking. What was I actually going to do? I needed to tell someone, obviously…but that would get the trio in a lot of trouble. It would also tip Dimitri off that I'd gone and gossiped about the Spokane Strigoi information he'd told me in confidence as a sign of respecting my maturity. I studied the time. It would take a while for anyone around the resort to know we were missing. If I could actually get out of the resort. A few minutes later, I found myself knocking on Christian's door. He answered, looking sleepy and cynical as usual. "If you've come to apologize for her," he told me loftily, "you can just go ahead and—"
"Oh, shut up," I snapped. "This isn't about you." Hastily, I relayed the details of what was going on. Even Christian didn't have a witty response for that one. "So…Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?" "Yes." "Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do." I resisted the urge to smack him. "Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before they do something even stupider." That was when Christian caught on. "And what do you need from me?" "I need to get off the resort's property. They got Mia to use compulsion on the guards. I need you to do the same thing. I know you've practiced it." "I have," he agreed. "But…well…" For the first time ever, he looked embarrassed. "I'm not very good at it. And doing it on dhampirs is nearly impossible. Liss is a hundred times better than me. Or probably any Moroi." "I know. But I don't want her to get in trouble." He snorted. "But you don't mind if I do?" I shrugged. "Not really." "You're a piece of work, you know that?" "Yeah. I do, actually." So, five minutes later, he and I found ourselves trekking out to the north gate. The sun was coming up, so most everyone was inside. This was a good thing, and I hoped it'd make our escape that much easier. Stupid, stupid, I kept thinking. This was going to blow up in our faces. Why had Mason done this? I knew he'd had this whole crazy vigilante attitude…and he'd certainly seemed upset that
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"Oh, shut up," I snapped. "This isn't about you."<br />
Hastily, I relayed the details of what was going on. Even Christian didn't have a witty response<br />
for that one.<br />
"So…Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?"<br />
"Yes."<br />
"Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do."<br />
I resisted the urge to smack him. "Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before<br />
they do something even stupider."<br />
That was when Christian caught on. "And what do you need from me?"<br />
"I need to get off the resort's property. They got Mia to use compulsion on the guards. I need<br />
you to do the same thing. I know you've practiced it."<br />
"I have," he agreed. "But…well…" For the first time ever, he looked embarrassed. "I'm not<br />
very good at it. And doing it on dhampirs is nearly impossible. Liss is a hundred times better<br />
than me. Or probably any Moroi."<br />
"I know. But I don't want her to get in trouble."<br />
He snorted. "But you don't mind if I do?"<br />
I shrugged. "Not really."<br />
"You're a piece of work, you know that?"<br />
"Yeah. I do, actually."<br />
So, five minutes later, he and I found ourselves trekking out to the north gate. The sun was<br />
coming up, so most everyone was inside. This was a good thing, and I hoped it'd make our<br />
escape that much easier.<br />
Stupid, stupid, I kept thinking. This was going to blow up in our faces. Why had Mason done<br />
this? I knew he'd had this whole crazy vigilante attitude…and he'd certainly seemed upset that
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