第一百三十七章
I stalk across the casino and up the stairs to his office. I’m stopped by two enormous bodyguards, that must be Demons as they aren’t any other species that I know of. I glare up at them and tell them my name. They let me through without incident, fortunately. It wouldn’t do to stand there like an idiot while they checked to see if I was allowed entry. Most undignified.“Liv,” Xane says slyly, “I knew you would come to me.” He leans over to give me a kiss on each cheek and I let him but then push him back.“Sorry to disappoint you, but this is business. Unpleasant business,” I say seriously and his whole demeanor changes.“What is it?” he says then, all brusque.I go into my tale of woe about Jess, the stupid skank.His face goes dark as he frowns. “So, one of you has sired a Vampire in my hotel?”“I’m afraid so. It was unavoidable.”“Well, I suppose the alternative wouldn’t have been great for business,” he says ruefully. His eyes suddenly snap up to mine. “Wait. Are you sure?”“Sure, about what? That she is sired? Yes,” I say curiously.He shakes his head. “No, it shouldn’t be possible.”“Why not?”“The wards. This office is the only place where magick can be conducted. The wards are especially strong and are up all over the building to prevent magick from being used to cheat.”“But siring isn’t magick,” I say, confused.“It is in its own little way. It should have failed. Are you sure she isn’t just dead?” he asks again.“Of course, I’m sure. She isn’t dead. She healed. She’s in transition.”He frowns again. “Come.” He takes my hand and leads me out of his office.“Where are we going?”“I want to see this for myself,” he says curtly.Okay, don’t believe me then, I think, a bit annoyed.“By the way,” he adds casually, “you look amazing in that suit.”“Thanks,” I say, taking the compliment. “So, do you,” I murmur at his seemingly standard black suit and black shirt. It definitely suits his persona.“Thanks,” he says, pleased.我几乎得小跑才能跟上他穿过赌场和酒店时那又长又快的阔步，一进电梯我就开始焦虑起来。万一转化真的失败了呢？万一她永远醒不过来呢？我从没听说过"转化失败"的情况，但也许确实发生过？我们沉默地上升，电梯门叮咚一声打开时，他再次握住我的手，带我们走向套房，像主人一样径直闯了进去。哦，好吧，实际上他的确拥有这里。"她在哪？"他问被吓到的林肯，斯科特向后跳开。此时德文也醒了，指向卧室。赞恩拽着我们大步走向卧室，停下脚步俯视杰斯。另外三人站在我们身后，对赞恩仍然抓着我的举动显得很不悦。"科琳娜！"他突然大吼，吓了我一跳。他转身时，她瞬间传送出现在眼前。呃，他到底怎么做到的？喊个名字她就出现了？我努力想联系她几个月都没成功。我目瞪口呆地看着他，发誓要让他告诉我诀窍。"什么事，赞恩？"她厉声说，随后才看见我。"哦，你好，艾弗蕾。真高兴见到你，"她说着微微行礼。"科琳娜，"我说着目光在她和赞恩之间移动，皱起眉头。既然有强力结界，她怎么能传送？实际上我们为什么都能？我向他提出疑问，他惊讶地瞪着我："你会传送？""不完全是，我不像年长吸血鬼那样传送。我称之为星界穿梭。但到目前为止，我成功过，康斯坦丁成功过，塞巴斯蒂安也成功过。而且我所有常规能力都能正常使用。"我越来越困惑了。"艾弗蕾。你是女王。结界不影响你。也不影响我，因为我是设界人。至于其他人…我不知道。这本该不可能的。而这个…"她低头看向杰斯，"这本该失败的。除非…"她转向我，"是你做的？"“不，不是。不是我。是德文。”她转向德文，他在她的审视下不安地动了动身子。"这事和你有关系吗？"她问道，又转回身来看着我。"比如什么？只有一个人能进行初拥，"我说着，庆幸CK不在这里听我这么说。“你告诉德文他必须这么做吗？”"不，我告诉了他相反的话。我不想让他这么做。我提出要自己来做，但CK因为我的…未知身份阻止了我。"听到这个信息，所有人的目光都聚焦在我身上。"我明白了，"科琳说。她沉默了很长时间，我们都只是盯着她看。“你初拥了你的兄弟姐妹，还有你的被监护人？对吗？”我点了点头。她用手指轻敲着下巴问道："他们最近都吸过你的血吗？"我又点了点头。她恍然大悟地打了个响指。"你的血。你的血液流淌在他们体内，正在放大他们自身的能力。短时间内他们成为了你的一部分。这完全说得通。"是吗？我朝她眨了眨眼，看向赞恩说道："那意味着你也能做到。可能在仪式之后会更厉害。"他对我歪了歪头，打了个响指。他手中出现了我昨天摘下的地狱火项链。"有意思，"他低声说着，把项链重新给我戴上。"你为什么把它摘下来？"他漫不经心地问道。"它会伤害我的吸血鬼们，"我告诉他，仿佛他有点迟钝似的。"只是一点点热度而已。又不会要他们的命，"他随口说道。"问题不在这里，"我咬牙切齿地说。他耸耸肩，毫不在意。"科琳，我能和你单独谈谈吗？"我问道。她点了点头，我向大家致歉后带她进了另一个房间。我敢肯定他们都在偷听，但我必须知道。"塞巴斯蒂安昨天对我施了法。他是怎么做到的？"我轻声问她。"不可能是因为我的血，因为我自己的魔法对我无效。""文森提乌斯是个罕见的存在，"她谨慎地说。"当你在他身边时，我会格外注意。""好的，知道了。但这并没有回答我的问题，"我恼怒地说。“你该去问你的尊长。我不便多嘴，”她谨慎地说道。“我就是在问你。你知道他什么都不会告诉我，”我恳求道。她完美地挑起眉毛表示认同：“我怎敢违抗女王的直接命令？”她意味深长地问道。“科琳娜，”我对她微笑，“我命令你告诉我塞巴斯蒂安的事。”她叹息道：“他并非人类。从来都不是。在君士坦丁转化他之前，他是精灵。”