Chapter 61

“You’ve never staked a vampire, have you?”

The guilty slide of her eyes was a good enough answer for Jesse, but Emma spoke anyway. “No, but Michelle has, and if I asked her—”

“No.” Gideon had stiffened beneath Jesse again. “Don’t even think it.”

Jesse also felt mild alarm at the suggestion. “I think what Gideon is trying to say is that it’s very dangerous. And it’s not as easy to stake a vamp as you might think.”

Her jaw set. “I’m the only reason you’ve gotten as far as you have,” Emma said. “And the way I see it, you can either figure out how to get me in safely, or Michelle and I will crash the party and you’ll have to live with the consequences of me getting hurt.”

“How do you think we’ll feel if we agree to this and Andre finishes what he started?” Jesse asked softly. “Well, I can tell you how I’d feel. Pretty damned shitty.”