Chapter 9

“Remember.”

Remember cleared his throat. “I know. Not amusing.” He tipped up the black swan’s chin so she had to meet his eyes. “What’s your name?”

“Eloise Poynter.” Her face crumpled. Gabe tightened his grip on her hands. He wasn’t falling for that again. She glared up at him. “I want to go home,” she said sullenly.

“Tell us where.”

“King’s End, Bicester.”

“That explains the train ticket,” Remember murmured.

“But not why she had one. She’s a little thing. Her vampyre would have been able to transport her quite easily.”

“I’m not little. And stop talking about me as if I’m not here.”

Gabe turned her head so she had to meet his gaze and peered into her eyes.

“What…what are you doing?”

“Nothing you need to be concerned about.” He’d got the information he needed, so he flung her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and held out his arm to Remember.

“I take it we’re traveling vampyre fashion?”

“Of course.”