Chapter 52

"Tell me about her." My words hung in the air, momentarily suspended by the chill in the dark room, as if the electricity of the storm had seeped inside and was crackling above our heads, waiting to burst through the great rain clouds. I felt Harper's body stiffen as I lay against him, nestled into his chest with his arm wrapped firmly around me. "What do you want to know? She was my wife and she was murdered. What more is there to it than that?" The cold tone twisted his voice and I knew I was treading on very dangerous ground. I took a deep breath. "Vampires can marry?" "They can if a priest doesn't know they are vampires and seeing as some priests are more concerned with lining the pockets of their illustrious robes, then they'd marry practically anyone for the right amount." "Where was the ceremony?" "Valencia. In a small church on the outskirts of the city." "You married in a church?" I said, wide-eyed. "No Megan, we married in a