“Nikola gave the invitation serious consideration for a few seconds, aware that this particular pigeon could be his with just a nod of his head, but despite the rather insistent urges of his body, he declined.“Another time, my sweet.” He dropped a few coins onto the table next to where the innkeeper’s wife sat in boneless grace, and he worried for a little moment that he had taken too much of her blood. But one look at the sultry eyes with their obvious invitation reassured him that the woman wa...s under the influence of the peculiar form of bloodlust common to his donors, rather than the loss of blood itself.With a little bow, he strolled out of the inn, giving his waiting coachman orders to return home. His daughter would be home awaiting him, no doubt, and as his journey from Heidelberg had been delayed by bad weather, she would be worrying. Imogen was a worrier, he mused as the carriage lurched forward in the cooling night air. She got that from her mother.Pain spiked through him at the memory of Margaret, pain and guilt that he hadn’t loved her as she had deserved, and certainly not to the depth with which she had worshipped him.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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