Sondra’s smirk was slight as she looked me over. “You seem better. I was sure you were on your last leg when they carried you in here. I must admit vampire healing is impressive.”
I cleared my throat, trying not to show my discomfort as my gaze darted around the room in search of answers as to why she was here and not someone else.
“Where are we?” I asked.
This wasn’t my room in the mansion. That was for sure.
Black out curtains had been drawn over what I assumed was a bank of windows. Although decorated well, the room lacked personality.
“A hotel on the strip,” Sondra answered.
I should have guessed that. The room had that non-offensive blandness that all hotels seemed to have.
Sondra’s wolfish smile didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Specifically, my room.”
The silence lengthened as I let that sink in. I had so many questions.
“I guess I wasn’t imagining Caroline finding me.”
“No.”
“They really did carry me out of that desert in a body bag.”
I didn’t know how I felt about that.
“Is that how they did it?” Sondra pursed her lips before nodding. “A creative solution. I’m impressed.”
I bet she wouldn’t be saying that if she had my history with those things. You wake up in a body bag in a morgue and see if you don’t develop a slight phobia.
“How did I end up here?” I asked.
“I imagine they carried you.”
I sent her a dour look. “You know what I meant.”
The last time I’d seen Sondra she’d been against my involvement in Brax and the pack’s rescue.
“The pack owes you a blood debt for what you did in the pits. Your vampires simply collected on your behalf.”
“It worked? Brax got out?” I demanded.
It had seemed the enthrallment over him had been broken in the last few seconds, but I hadn’t been sure.
“He’s still there.”
I thumped my head on the pillow.
Damn it. I was hoping some good had come out of all this.
“But he’s no longer their slave. I can feel him in the pack bonds again,” Sondra added.
I wrinkled my forehead at her in confusion. “Then why—”
“He couldn’t leave the rest of the pack.”
“How noble.”
In his shoes, I don’t know that I could have done the same.
