After the doctor gave me a clean bill of health, I was discharged, and Andrew drove me to the mansion in his Aston Martin. Jeffrey followed closely behind us. I remained quiet the entire trip, my head leaning against the window as I thought over everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. Even with a guard on me, someone had ambushed me and kidnapped me. I was nearly killed by vampires—vampires, for Goddess’s sake! They fed on me and nearly killed me with their venom. I felt where the bite marks would have been if I hadn’t healed so quickly. I trembled as the image of them towering over me flashed through my mind. I could still feel the sharp pain of Frederick’s fangs in my neck. Their stench and cold touch haunted me. I had never encountered anything so unnatural in my entire