Galina’s mind was still trying to puzzle out why this man might think her guilty of the crime. If she had been the one who committed such a crime she would have covered her tracks. Mari might not have…. Mari. It couldn’t be that her sister had returned and not told her, Galina couldn’t believe that Mari would be that upset with her.

Despite her thoughts the gentleman did not appear inclined to enlighten her. The words that tumbled out of the man’s mouth gave her enough warning to dash to the side again. She simply wanted answers and she wasn’t going to go without at least an attempt at defending herself. Or attempting to escape. But if Mari was nearby she needed answers. “Am I the only vampire you can locate, is that why you have decided I committed this crime?” Her tone was full of bitter weight, years of fear from humans made it easy to see where this might go.