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Go dda mn my father for leaving me in the dark like this. I was supposed to be in control of the situation. I was supposed to have the Elders and the Council in my back pocket, but why the hell would they respect me if I looked like a total dum ba ss? then.”
“I…l don’t believe my father has relayed this information to me” I finally admitted.
Gustav scrubbed a bony hand over his face and puffed out a full breath of air. “Maybe we’ve done our jobs a little too well, I knew these guys were hiding sh it from us, but vampires?
“Are they a threat?”
The stories I’d heard about vampires made them sound bloodthirsty and unpredictable. They didn’t seem like creatures who’d get along with our kind.
“We’ve only located a single vampire, and his intentions remain unclear. But I believe he should be treated as one.”
His face was stony, his voice ice-cold.
“Meaning…?” I asked.
“Meaning if he is seen again, he will be killed on the spot.”
My mind raced. I wasn’t even sure how you killed a vampire. Was it stakes and holy water like the stories?
“I don’t understand…” I said. “Are my parents and the Elders the only ones who know about this?”
If that were the case, then how many of us had no idea that we shifters weren’t the only supernatural beings?
How were we supposed to look out for vampire invaders if we didn’t even know they existed?
“They are some of the few people who know. They vowed to keep the existence of the others a secret. One that they’d take to their grave.”
He rested his chin in his hand, eyes still glued to me.
“But still, I’m surprised they didn’t at least tell their only son, the Alpha of the Constantine pack. Especially considering your mate’s involvement…”
My mate?
Suddenly, I felt a jolt of familiarity and thought back to what Lanie had said when she first struck her deal with us.
“I’ll disappear into the ether, like a vampire or witch or something.”
Did she know about vampires? But how could she know when didn’t?
And then I remembered.
Braden.
I knew there was something off about that mo th erf uc ker the second I smelled him. And Lanie had run off earlier, possibly to see him again.
F uck.
I needed to find out more about vampires, and more importantly, how to kill them.
Because the next time I saw Lanie with that bloodsucking as shole, I was going to turn him into dust.
Zane
I unlocked the latch to Alice’s door just long enough to slip inside.
I understood why Xander had locked her in, but that didn’t mean I agreed with his methods.
Knowing Alice, the more we pushed her, the more pis sed she’d get. We needed to know where she’d been last night, and I wasn’t leaving until I had answers.
I found her sprawled out on the bed, her cheeks and eyes still red from shouting and crying.
When I entered the room, she sat up, her eyes filling with tears again.
Oh go ds, here we go, my wolf complained.
For once, I didn’t shut Blade up. Now that I was wise to Alice’s manipulation tactics, I was starting to realize that he’d been right about her all along…
She’d act all sweet and hurt, and then use me to get what she wanted.
Not today.
Alice held her arms out as if pulling me toward her, and I reluctantly joined her on the bed.
“Oh Zany, you came back for me,” she whined.
Not that f ucking nickname again, Blade growled.
I took a deep breath, but I could feel the hot fury bubbling in my veins already. That name really did grate on my last f ucking, nerve.
She reached out and ran her finger down my arm. “Xander was being so mean to me,” she pouted. “He doesn’t understand me like you do.”
“Alice, we have to know where you were last night. It’s not a hard question.” I searched her face for some sign that she was getting close to cracking. “You’re doing this to yourself.”
She climbed up off the bed and stood in front of me, breathing heavily through her nose.
“I can’t believe you’re trying to tell me Xander was right to lock me in here!” She waved her arm around the room, and I had to stifle a laugh.
We were inside a luxury bedroom, and outside these doors was a whole-a ss furnished apartment with anything she could possibly need. Alice was locked inside a f ucking castle.
now.”
“Maybe I wouldn’t have done the same thing,” I admitted, “but you can’t keep getting away with this s hit, Alice. You’re a Luna Was that even true anymore? We’d all but decided we wanted Lanie, anyway.
And with Alice out of the way, we could have her any way we’d like, Blade growled and pawed at my chest.
Go ds, Lanie was making us both crazy.
Alice planted her hands on her hips. “F uck being a Luna.”
Before I could blink she was diving out of the bedroom and straight toward the front door.
But I was faster, stronger.
I sprinted out and dived in front of her before a finger could even touch the k nob.
“Back the f u ck away,” I snarled.
She cowered, her eyes shining again.
“Don’t make me do something I’ll regret, Alice.”
I stepped toward her slowly and she backed away, step by step.
“Im gonna ask you one more time,” I said, my voice rumbling with my wolf’s fury. “Where were you last night?”
Alice stopped and puffed out her chest.
“If you really must know… I was with Xander’s dad.”
Lanie
“Elder Aldon…”
I stepped away from Braden and wrapped my arms around my body, protecting myself from Aldon’s death glare.
Braden pulled off his flannel and threw it over me just as Aldon approached. The gesture made me tingle.
“l asked you a question, Lanie,” Aldon said, jutting out his pointy chin. “What’s going on here?”
I crossed my arms and co cked my hip. “You have eyes. I think you can tell for yourself.”
Braden scoffed behind me, and Aldon’s wolf flashed in his eyes.
“I don’t appreciate being spoken to that way.” His voice dripped with wicked satisfaction. “You’ve gotten yourself into some pretty deep s hit here, and I can sure as hell make it deeper.”
If I didn’t comply, I knew I’d be pushing my luck.
What even was the punishment for being caught with a vampire when I wasn’t even supposed to know they existed?
I guess I was about to find out.
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