Page 83 of Bound By Blood

Not now, but she’s been here.

Stay calm, Katy darlin’. We’ll get you out of there,he promised. And hoped it was a promise he could keep.I need to tell your parents you’re okay, but I’ll be in touch again soon. And Katy? I love you.

I love you, too.

A thought carried him to Wolfram. He found Drake and Elena on the sofa where he had left them. Drake was staring into the hearth. Elena was asleep in his arms, her eyes red and swollen.

Drake looked up when Zack appeared in the room. “Where have you been?”

“Hunting. In the city. Listen, I found Katy. That is, I know where she is. Dammit, that’s not right, either. But I think I can get to her.” There was just one small flaw in his plan. He couldn’t materialize inside a dwelling without having been previously invited. Usually, whoever owned the place had to do the inviting, but maybe that wasn’t true with Romanian vampires. Of course, there was really only one way to find out.

“What are you talking about?” Drake demanded.

“We have a bond, Katy and I, forged by the blood we’ve shared …”

“Why didn’t you tell me about this before?”

“That doesn’t matter now. I was able to link with her a few minutes ago. She’s all right. I should be able to follow the link to where she’s being held. There’s just one problem.”

Drake stared at him a moment, then nodded. “You can’t materialize inside the building if you’ve never been there before.”

“Right. Unless Kaitlyn’s invitation would work.”

Drake grunted softly. “Only one way to find out.”

“Yeah,” Zack said, grinning. “That was my thought, too. I’ve never tried to enter a place where I wasn’t welcome, so I’m not sure how this will play out.”

“There are three possibilities.” Drake ticked them off on the fingers of one hand. “One, nothing will happen. Two, we will end up outside our destination. Or three, we will find Kaitlyn.”

“I’m ready to go if you are.”

Drake kissed Elena’s cheek, then softly called her name. “Elena.”

She woke with a start, a look of alarm in her eyes. “What is it? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, love. Zack thinks he knows where Kaitlyn is. We are going to try to get her back.”

“I’m going with you.”

“No.” He caressed her cheek with his knuckles. “You must wait here. We will be back soon.”

Elena glanced at Zack, then back to her husband. “How did you find out where she is?”

“Zack and Kaitlyn have exchanged blood, much as you and I have done. There is a bond between them now. Zack thinks he can follow it to our daughter.”

Elena looked at Zack. It pained him to see the hope shining in her eyes.

“Be careful,” she murmured as Drake kissed her cheek. “Both of you.”

“So,” Drake said. “How do we do this?”

Zack shrugged. “Beats the hell out of me. Just hang on to my arm and I’ll see if I can connect with Kaitlyn.”

Drake nodded curtly, then grasped Zack’s forearm.

Zack closed his eyes, opened his senses, and concentrated on Katy’s whereabouts. He formed a picture of her in his mind, felt the link between them interlock.

Katy?

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