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“I’m your backup, baby.”
A snarl sounded behind her and one black brow rose. “Guess lover boy’s awake, huh?” Zane asked.
The floor creaked. “Yeah, he is.” Simon came to her side. She glanced back and forth between the two men. Simon’s jaw worked and then he managed, “Thank you.”
A crooked smile twisted Zane’s lips. “Hard, wasn’t it?”
“Fuck yeah.”
“You sound just like Dee.” The smile vanished. “Giving you my blood was harder.”
A grim nod. “I won’t forget.”
“I won’t let you.” A pause. “And believe me, I call in my debts.”
Yes, he did.
Zane’s gaze slid back to Dee. “What are our odds?”
She forced a shrug. “I figure about forty-sixty.”
A low whistle. “That sucks.”
Dead right. Dee squared her shoulders. “Let’s do this.” Before more vamps came hunting for her. She didn’t want to be caught off-guard again. Three recent, brutal attacks. When Grim wanted you dead, the guy just didn’t quit. Now that she was Born, he was desperate to prevent that “prophecy” from coming true.
Grim didn’t fuck around.
He was about to learn that neither did she.
Chapter Fifteen
He’d pay his debt to the demon, one way or another. Simon stalked across the barren earth. He kept his head low as he followed the male shifter to Grim’s lair.
Jude Donovan moved easily over the rough terrain, never taking a misstep, and his woman—the deceptively delicate ADA Erin Jerome—kept perfect pace with him. Another shifter. The guy’s mate.
Simon didn’t know much about her, other than that she worked in the Baton Rouge prosecutor’s office and that the tiger was very, very possessive of her.
She hadn’t given him blood, something else he knew. Probably because the tiger wouldn’t allow her to link with a male vampire.
“This is it.” Jude’s nearly soundless voice had the group pausing.
Simon glanced over at Dee. Heavily armed, eyes shining in the darkness, she was one fine sight to behold.
“You sure about this?” Erin asked, casting a quick glance at the ramshackle buildings that waited in the distance. They couldn’t get much closer or the vamps would catch the distinct scent of the shifters. They’d have to hang back for now, with the demon. “Just walking right up to him, um, that doesn’t seem like the best plan.”
“No, it’s not the best plan. But it’s all we’ve got now.” Dee’s eyes narrowed on the line of buildings. “How many, Jude?”
His head cocked. “Ten vamps. Two humans, but—” His nose twitched. “Somebody’s dying in there.”
Simon stiffened. Of course, Grim would be having one of his parties.
“Nina?” Dee whispered.
“Who?” Erin asked.
“The Ignitor I told you about,” Zane said, his voice emotionless.
Erin shook her head. “Ignitors make me nervous. Anyone who can burn the flesh from me with just a look…” She shuddered.
