Page 46 of Kiss of the Vampire

And took his heart with her.

“Are we going ashore?” Arman asked.

Levka wheeled around. Ruric and Stasio stood nearby, wearing smug smiles.

“We wait here.” Levka watched Caitlin’s figure diminish in size as she neared one of the tour busses.

“Are you worried about her?” Arman asked.

“No. Dylan is still on the ship and shouldn’t be a problem anymore. We need to try to learn something about those who plan some kind of prank on the ship, if they stayed behind.”

“Yeah, and whether we can fix the problem concerning the passenger manifest,” Arman added.

“Did you send someone else to have dinner with the captain in our place last night, Ruric?” Levka asked.

“Yeah, when we were searching for Caitlin and couldn’t find her, I assumed dinner with the captain was out.”

They walked back to their stateroom and found a couple of ship’s officers standing in front of their door.

“Maybe we should have taken a shore excursion after all,” Arman said.

“And miss all the fun?” Ruric grinned at him.

“Can we help you gentlemen with something?” Levka asked.

“There’s been some mistake in billeting, I’m afraid,” the gray-haired man said. “Somehow two teens assigned to your stateroom were bumped. Now they’re staying with teens whose parents paid for single occupancy.”

“So refund them some money,” Ruric said. “We’ve paid for our room, so it appears you’ve double booked.”

“I thought only airlines did that,” Stasio said.

“Do you have some kind of receipt to show you’ve paid for these accommodations?”

Ruric pulled out a confirmation slip. “Right here. It shows the four of us staying in this stateroom. You can’t get any more official than this.”

The older man looked it over. “Can I make a copy of this?”

“Certainly. Don’t tell me you don’t already have one though?”

“It seems we’ve overbooked,” the man apologized.

Ruric folded his arms and frowned. “Does that mean you’ll put us off on the island, and we’ll have to swim home?”

“No…no, somehow we’ll accommodate the two teens. It would be a lot more of a problem to move the four of you from the one room.”

Ruric smiled. “Good. Oh, and be sure and bring that copy back. It’s the only one we have.”

“Yes, sir. Right away. We’ll take the best of care of it.”

“Thank you.”

The men hurried off.

“Is it the only copy we have?” Levka unlocked the door, and they walked into their suite.

“No, I always carry a spare.” Ruric patted his pocket.

Levka opened the curtains to the balcony. “We could always share someone else’s room and have a built-in blood bond.”