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down in their bloodline. After all, he was the one who killed
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the Mother of us all. Now rest and I'll forget the slip about Si.
I know you've been hurt and lost a lot of blood. So, good day
and make sure Andrew takes care of you."
Andrew smiled. "Oh trust me, I will." He gave her a quick
kiss and nuzzled into her while he carried her down the hall to
his room.
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Chapter Twenty-Four
Andrew tried consoling Amara after she fed on him.
Nothing he did helped. She had lost one of her friends all over
again. It wasn't the main thing bothering her. Crimson
concerned her. Someone should have heard her scream.
Andrew should have sensed the commotion and her fear more
quickly. Even Crimson should have sensed the disturbance
because it was her house. After she had sought refuge from
Simon in the old days after Magdalena was killed, Crimson
had felt the break in the barrier around her flat miles away. It
was days later she had brought it up when Andrew and she
had returned to the castle.
"Amara, what is it?" Andrew asked.
Amara glanced over at her lover. Could she trust him? She
shouldn't have even been thinking that way, but with the
recent events she wasn't sure who she should trust. Her
whole life had been turned upside down and now it was
turning all over again. She felt like the Wheel of Fortune in
her Tarot deck. She didn't know what the universe was going
to hand her next or where the wheel would stop. Drawing in a
breath, she focused on her feelings and they told her Andrew
also was hiding something. Why hadn't she gotten that
before?
"Why don't you trust me? I can sense it in you. After all of
this, why, Jacquelyn? I'm not hiding anything from you. You
know that."
"Yes, you are, love."
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Amara turned from the bed and saw him bent over the
desk, hands clenched. Her leg still wasn't healed enough to
walk. Her body had started to mend it, but she needed sleep
and blood to be left without a scar. Re-examining their link,
she sighed. Her head was playing tricks on her. She had to
listen to her heart and her instincts told her he would never
keep secrets from her now that she had shared her soul with
him. If he was going to impart something to her, it would be
on his own terms. There had been events in her past that she
had never shared with him, all because it would hurt him
more than it could help their relationship. Mentally she moved
her hands around his waist and kissed the side of his neck,
breathing into his ear. Shivers rippled his aura and body.
I trust you, love. The others I'm not so sure about. I called
for you and you didn't hear me because someone wouldn't let
you. Even though I was blocked, Crimson should have sensed
it. But she came later. You know that was never like her. She
was always in the fray when there was danger in her house.
The first to take up arms. How did you know I was in danger?
Andrew turned. He knelt beside the bed and put his head
on her lap. Her hands wove through his hair and she loved
the way it played between her fingers. Finally, he looked up.
"I didn't sense the danger when I should have. And what
you said about Crimson. She would have been the first to
jump in, but downstairs she waited a heartbeat after Seamus
alerted me to the danger. A heartbeat too long could have
been your life. You're right to say something blocked me. I
couldn't get to you. I was helpless and for the first time since
Simon stood over me with his sword, I was afraid I would lose
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you again. I don't know if I could handle it." Andrew stared up
at her. The love that she saw reflected there broke her heart.
She didn't know what to say. Her arms ached to hold and
comfort him. The feelings from her past washed over her and
the hate that lived within her for centuries fell away. She
couldn't hate this man any longer. That ember had burned
out. They had a fresh start and she was grateful for that.
"I don't want to lose you either. I almost had Josh back
until Seamus killed him. Andrew, I don't know if we can trust
him or Crys. I want to say that we can, but from what
Crimson said about how he killed the first vampire our true
mother I don't think we can. He was the one who could have
been blocking me from you so he could come in and play the
hero. He might have known about Josh."
"Amara, it's not Seamus. He's not the threat to us."
"How do you know that?"
Andrew got up and sat on the bed. He sighed emphatically,
took her hands, and held onto them. There was a look of fear
on his face similar to the one she had seen when she was on
the floor with Josh. "Love, what it is?"
"Mara," he paused and searched her eyes.
Whatever he had been hiding he was about to tell her. So
much for her not thinking he was going to be honest with her.
"Seamus is the one who turned me. He sent me here to
look after Crimson. To see if what he thought was true. Crys
has no idea he is my maker and she should. She should know
all the bloodlines, but she doesn't. I dropped hints here and
there to see if she would blurt it out, but nothing. The reason
she knew about you returning was Trevor. Seamus has been
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searching for her for half a century. He sent me to Crys after
we got a lock on her. She was surprised to see me, but she
welcomed me into the house like old times. I knew that
something wasn't right about her. I didn't see Simon. I played
along and she bought that I was back from the past. She
surmised if I were back, then you would be coming back also
because we were tied together. I could only hope.
"Then Trevor showed up and threw her for a loop. She
didn't know him. I was shocked to see him at first. It was
through him she got a lock on you and the others. I told
Seamus. We both agreed she would go after you next. You
were her last link to the past. If she could either kill you or
turn you, then she would have control over you. I was
supposed to go to Lydia's house first, but Seamus directed
me to the graveyard. It was wonderful when I saw you. You
were alive. All my past visions were true. We wanted to keep
you safe. Seamus seems to think you are an important link in
the chain of unfolding events. For some reason, Crimson
wants you dead. We wanted to get to Crys first, take her or
the hunter out. Then I was going to come to find you in North
Carolina. I wanted to woo you. Not get back together the way
we did."
Amara took in what he said. It made more sense now that
Crimson had had no idea she was coming, or that Andrew
was even looking for her. Trevor must have told Crimson
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