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I drove without direction for a while, stealing glances at the box wrapped in my leather jacket on the backseat. I should just give it to Taedon and be done with it. This box seemed dangerous—and there was a freaking vampire inside it!—but for some reason, I felt like I shouldn’t hand it to the demon. Exactly because it was dangerous.
Didn’t I tell myself I didn’t care? He could use it as a nuclear bomb and destroy half of the country with it, as long as he told me about my parents’ killers.
No, I had to stop lying to myself. I wasn’t that uncaring … but still, this was my only shot.
With a heavy sigh, I took the exit before Forest Creek and drove to Delia’s ranch. It was almost midnight, but she would understand … I hoped.
To my surprise, the front porch light of the log house was
