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“Yes.”
“Why?”
His jaw tics, and he grinds his teeth.
“Max,” I say his name, and he answers me honestly.
“That he came at that time. That he saw you without your top on.” He clenches his hands at his sides. “He has no right.” I lay my hand on his arm, but the tension in his face doesn’t ease.
“He came to warn me.”
“Warn you about me?” Max asks.
“No. Viper knows I’m here and Death warned me he’s sent people.”
Max grabs me, picks me up, and quickly returns us to the camp. As soon as we get to my sister’s door, he places me down, kisses my cheek, then takes off. While I stand there and gape after him, Tatiana opens the door.
“Why are you just standing out here?”
“Viper knows I’m here. Grim said people are coming.” Her eyes go wide, and her daughter comes out and grips her leg. “You need to take all the vulnerable and hide.”
“I don’t hide,” Tatiana states proudly.
I reach for her belly.
“You need to,” I insist. “Not just for you.”
John approaches, having heard what has just been said. “Lock yourself in the safe house.” He picks up Tamika and hands her to Tatiana.
“I can help, though,” Tatiana argues.
“You can, by keeping my family safe.” He kisses her on the lips, and she nods before she turns back to me.
“Will you get Tanya? She needs to get to safety too, and so do you.”
“I won’t be coming…” She gives me a look, one that I know means she is about to argue. “… but I will get Tanya.” Before I can leave, she captures my hand.
“I can’t lose you twice. Don’t get too close to Viper again.”
I nod and go in search of Tanya. I find her and Melvon sitting at the table, eating when I walk in.
“You need to move.Now.Go to the safe house. Tatiana is waiting for you.” Melvon instantly stands while Tanya sits there, staring at me.
“What? Why?”
“Viper has sent people.” I hear a loud bang outside.
Melvon and I are immediately in motion. He picks up Tanya and is gone before I can say anything else.
When I step outside, about twenty vampires are surrounding the camp. Max’s people are gone, but he is standing there with the wolves and a few of his guards beside him. I watch as a vampire runs at him, and as soon as it’s close enough, his hand shoots out and grasps its neck. The shock on the vampire’s face is evident—he didn’t expect Max to be so fast. Max lifts him in the air and, in the next instant, squeezes him hard, and a loud snap is heard. He throws the vampire behind him, and one of his guards produces a spear and stabs the vampire directly in the heart. The others pause for moment, taking in what just transpired, but I watch on as if it’s all happening in slow motion.
A smile creeps on their faces as John joins us. He stops next to me, checks me over, and strides over to where Max and his guards are standing.
“I wonder if your blood is going to be sweet or sour,” a vampire hisses at Max.
Max says nothing back. He simply waits, looking nothing more than casual. As if he isn’t worried by the vampire’s threatening undertone.
One of the vampires spots me and smiles cruelly. Max glances back and sees me standing a little way off. My plan is if the vampires get past them, I’ll be back here waiting to cut them off from getting to the others. I can’t have them anywhere near my sisters.
