Chapter 81

Ariela

We rushed to the back of the house while Tiana asked, "How was it with my brother? How many times did you want to kill him? When did the turning point in your relationship come?"

"Your brother is here. It feels wrong to talk about him right next to him."

"Too bad, I thought we would pretend he wasn't here."

She could forget about that. I had enough decency not to do that. Maybe I was also inhibited because Hendrik was somewhere in the house. I didn't need to go into the details of my marriage. That would be too much of a good thing.

We had reached the kitchen and Hendrik was there. I thought of him and there he was. He greeted us and we returned his greeting. He was leaning on the counter with a cup in his hand. As we knew about vampires, he certainly drank blood.

Aramis entered the kitchen behind us and immediately caught Hendrik's attention. "What time are we leaving?"

"I'd prefer to do it right away, but I wanted t