"People might offer you more money if you show up looking like that," Ianthe suggested. "The pretty lie is usually worth more to people like Cavendish."
She looked around, nodded slightly, "I thought perhaps you would like to replenish your stocks in here. I have no delusions about the...
Ianthe was thankful to be back in her own chambers. Undoubtedly, the two of them were taking care of Oriana's wounds, and the ripe, hot envy that bubbled up inside her was physically painful for a moment. She tore off her dressing gown and nightgown, both filthy, throwing them into a pile on...
Ianthe watched the two of them climb the tree ahead of her, admiring how well suited to any task they were. She wished she was as nimble and prepared. Yet she could not forget that she had gotten kidnapped in her dressing gown, which was now ruined. Taking a breath, she climbed back up the...
"I will believe he's alive and well until I see otherwise," she said softly.
Ianthe had to believe so, or she would be deeply saddened and they still had work to do. Brandt had been there when Grey had built the manor, and continued to stay though Grey had died. She loved the older man, even...
Ianthe was surprised when Silvio and Oriana appeared, riding up behind her. She had not been trying to get away from them, riding at a comfortable pace, but she had thought they were going to take a moment for themselves. Looking up, she had the perfect, cool expression back on her face...
Ianthe watched as Silvio lifted Oriana and the two of them disappeared into the trees to find the horse and head for home. She felt suddenly as if she had been left behind, forgotten in their success, the two of them the only ones who mattered. Then again, she knew that it was true. In the...
"That seems like a good way to get yourself killed," Ianthe said softly. "You should stop poisoning yourself, it cannot be good for you."
Her concern seemed moot though. Of course Oriana would do as she wished. But Ianthe could still be concerned for her. She was surprised when Silvio...
Ianthe nodded at Silvio's quiet words, and she held her cross, ready to keep any of the vampires at bay. She watched with wide eyes as he went to fight the Noble, certain that he was going to kill Oriana and Silvio both, then come for her. She sought out something she could use for a weapon...
The vampires began to run to take Ianthe down when Silvio appeared in their midst. They fought with him, but the battle was bloody and left most of them dead or nursing wounds that made them whimper. While they were loyal to their master to the end, there was a furious foe in their way, and...
There was no protest from Maggie, she knew things had to be hard for him right now. She walked Paul to the door and let him out, smiling a bit. She was well aware that it probably was not all that reassuring.
"I'm right here if you need me."
Letting him go then, she went back into her own...
Ianthe frozen when she saw the Noble with Oriana in his grasp. She did not lower the cross, keeping the vampires at bay, but she hated to see the young woman in his dangerous hands. Having no idea that Silvio and Oriana had worked out a contingency plan for such circumstances, she was aghast...
Ianthe was left alone, trying to shake off the fogginess of the siren's song as Silvio went for her. The siren tried to dig her claws into the dhampir, but shrieked in a way that made even the vampires cover their ears when the bone sank into her flesh. Ianthe was freed from her hold, and she...
"I can give you anything, for a price," Ligeia replied with a smile beneath her robes.
She sang to him, promising him things that he did not even know he wanted, "I will not run. I am loyal to my beloved master. And I will not spare your life."
The siren drifted closer to him, singing for...
Silvio released her hand, and Ianthe moved to lean against the wall, closing her eyes for a moment. The blue clover extract was nothing she had ever felt before. Just when it felt like it was wearing off, it was bothering her again. But she was going to just stay out of the way. Even if they...