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She considered me for a long moment, but didn’t speak.
“What is your name?” I asked her.
“Ava.”
I shook my head. I didn’t know her name. I couldn’t. But it still didn’t ring true.
She turned to the vampire behind her and they shared a look. Before I could decipher their silent conversation, she faced me again.
I barely felt the stirring of her magic before her hand lifted and she said, “Sleep now, Alaunus. And may your memory be returned when you wake.”
I didn’t want to leave and I fought the compulsion, but she overpowered me. The spell pulled me under and I slept.