73 A Vampire Could Never Love A Fairy (1/2)

As she stood there twisted like some sort of strange piece of modern art, she tried to formulate the right response but the words wouldn't come. She did only think of Ash as a friend, didn't she? So why was her heart beating erratically at the suggestion that she was in love with him?

A wicked grin spread across Dorian's face. ”So you are. Fascinating! A fairy in love with a vampire. Can you even imagine?”

The last part was directed at the couple dozen vampires who were currently standing by watching the show. They all reacted about the same, either with disgusted or disbelieving expressions or by laughing and jeering.

When he spoke again everyone fell silent immediately. ”Does he return your twisted feelings, I wonder? There is no doubt he is here to avenge the pitifully weak members of his coven. Does he even know you are here?

”A vampire could never love a fairy…but he has never been much of a vampire. If he truly does love you I will have even more fun slowly draining you of your will to live. Harming something precious to Ash Mayhew would bring me genuine pleasure.

”Does he know what you actually look like though? Even his taste couldn't be that horrible. He must not know. What a pity for you that your love can never be properly returned. You really are better off dead but I'm afraid I have to wait until the contract breaks naturally to deliver the final merciful blow.”

Merciful? Dorian thought of killing someone who didn't meet his standards of what a fae should be as merciful? He was even more messed up than Ruby already thought. He was the disgusting one here; not her or Ash.

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The Cromwells were much more careful about leaving the barrier after Ivan died but a few more still left for whatever reason. They were harder to catch and if they were caught, they committed suicide before the werewolves got the chance to try forcing them at the barrier headlong.

Eventually they got lucky. They managed to capture one of the weaker ones who couldn't so much as budge when held down.

”Sir! We managed to capture another vampire. She cannot move at all so we believe she will not be able to kill herself before we accomplish our aim,” Sirius reported in.

Ash's lips curled up into a mad grin. ”Excellent. Conduct tests running against the place where we think the barrier is. The moment a body part begins to go through we have to retreat quickly and regroup with everyone.

”To make this work, all of us will have to be touching whoever is holding the Cromwell. Think of it as a chain if you must but we have to get through the barrier as quickly as possible so anyone on the grounds can be dealt with before they get the chance to raise any alarms.”