Chapter 105

"Marc hasn't told me much about your home. What's it like?" Aldara asked. Etienne had proven to be surprisingly easy to talk to.

"The compound?" He gave her an understanding smile. "It's really a village based around the idea of a medieval walled city with the chateau in the center and all kinds of homes and businesses around it. For obvious reasons, our clan has purchased a lot of the surrounding land, so while we're only about thirty minutes from Montreal on the highway, it's really very isolated."

"Sounds imposing."

"It can be, at first. When I first saw it, right before my wedding to Marc's mother, I was a little overwhelmed. After a while, though, it just becomes home."

"So you weren't originally a gargoyle?" Aldara had heard Marc's friends mention converting their mates but she didn't understand the process.