Chapter 5Mary stood outside Gideon’s building for several minutes, eyeing the door like it could eye her back. She knew she needed to speak to him, even if she just wanted to turn on her heel and pretend she’d never met Gideon Keel, had never seen him, never heard of vampires. But she couldn’t do that. He was the only one who could help her at this point. She wasn’t a vampire hunter, even if she did have some experience staking them. If she wanted to find the monsters guilty of that heinous crime, she couldn’t run away from Gideon.
Gathering up her courage and silencing the warning voice in the back of her mind, Mary pushed the door open and was swallowed by the building. The light faded as she ventured down the steep flight of stairs, and Gideon’s apartment door looked different now. May
