Carver shook her head. "Nah, she's probably strong enough to throw us both off. You'd have to nail it shut to keep her in there."

She finished off the cigarette and tossed it off the gazebo. "Good news though, you won't have to pay to repair the nail holes, because she'll have to replace the entire thing anyway. Call it 'incentive to renovate'. The vampire mansion hasn't been redecorated in what, centuries?"

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Lillith kissed him back, then pulled his lower lip into her mouth and pierced it with a fang. Once she let it go, she glared down at him and knocked his bracing leg to the side.

"Either stay down, or fight harder. I don't put up with half-assers."