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Pain.
She ripped her mouth away from him. Her lips were wet. Blood trickled down Leo’s neck. His eyes had gone glassy, and the guy had stopped laughing. Finally.
“The voice is quiet…” Leo spoke, a whisper.
Okay, so he seemed to be calming down, always a nice bonus and?—
He lunged forward and sank his teeth into her shoulder. Dee howled and shoved him back. He shot away from her, but the chains groaned and jerked him up short.
Leo licked his lips. “Got you.”
Her teeth snapped together. “You?—”
A shake of his dark head. “I-I can remember her…now.”
Dee rubbed her throbbing shoulder, then she punched him, because that shit hurt.
“Dee.” Simon’s voice. Steady and too controlled. Where was her big, bad protector when she’d actually needed his butt? She fired a glare at him, then nearly winced. Still damaged.
“Dee, he needed your blood, just like I did.”
She blinked.
“What the hell is going on here?” Tony shouted.
“I’m a vampire, you just tried to kill me, and I’m having one real pisser of a night.” Good sum-up. Dee narrowed her eyes on Leo. “And if you come at me again, I’ll take your head.”
A tear leaked from his left eye. “I can see my Sonja again.”
Uh, great.
“Your bite and blood diluted Grim’s control,” Simon explained. “Ask him now. He’ll tell you everything you want to know.”
Really? It was that easy? Well, not really easy considering she’d had to bleed for her answers. “Are you one of Grim’s Taken?”
“He changed me.” Whispered. “Bound by his blood.”
Vampires. Couldn’t they ever just say things simply? “Okay, you’re one of his goons. Were you in on the setup? Did you kill that woman and leave me in her blood?”
His eyes squeezed shut, then flew open. Midnight black. “She was easy to kill. She thought I’d give her forever.”
“Guess you did, didn’t you?” Forever in a pine box somewhere.
“It was quick.” A shrug. “She didn’t suffer.”
“Yeah, I’m sure there were plenty more who suffered over the years because of you.”
His lips trembled. “Not what I wanted. Never wanted.”
What? “Listen, buddy, you were the one killing. The one biting and draining?—”
“Wasn’t strong enough.” His gaze darted to Simon. “You know what it’s like. When he gets inside…”
He. Grim. The big badass that Simon had warned her about.
“He takes control,” Leo added roughly, giving a slow shake of his head. “His needs became mine. You have no idea how strong he can be.”
Footsteps shuffled closer behind her. “Tell me this freak Grim isn’t in my town.” Tony’s voice cracked a bit. Fear would do that to a guy.
