Gabriel hadn't been to the vampire mansion since I recovered him from Ameline, but from the interested look on his face-a nice change from the sad brooding that gripped him during the drive-when we pulled into the long, paved lane, he remembered. He turned his hazel eyes to me with a spark of understanding, though didn't say anything while his sister kicked the back of my seat with her sneakered toes.

"Where are we?" Sassafras leaped onto the ...