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Amaros suddenly released my hand so that it was only me holding the stake. “Go ahead, Kali. Don’t hit his jugular. We don’t want him dying on us yet.”
My mouth went dry, the stake trembling in my hand. “I won’t do it.”
“You will. We’ll stay here as long?—”
Tim suddenly snatched my hand with his free one, giving me a sad smile before he yanked the stake toward his neck, puncturing his skin while my fingers were still trapped with his. He pulled the stake from the wound, and blood spewed out as the weapon clattered to the floor. He sagged in Viggo’s hold, and Viggo muttered a curse, moving to open his wrist again, but Amaros spoke up first.
“It’s too late,” he grumbled. “Your blood won’t reach his system before he bleeds out.”
He finally released me, and I tore away, stumbling back from all of them. Tim was already motionless on the floor, and I scrambled toward the only exit. Until Zan stepped in my way. I raised my chin, meeting his eyes. His face was the same as it had been the night he saved me with his blood. Completely unreadable.
I backed up, wishing I still had the stake. Zan reached for me, and I ducked away.
“Don’t fucking touch me,” I hissed, my voice cracking despite me trying to control it.
Amaros let out a cold laugh. “Well, I can see now why you didn’t tell her. She’s going to be a handful.”
“Go upstairs and wait for me,” Zan demanded, his voice hard.
I let out a humorless laugh and skirted around him to get to the door. If he thought I was going to listen to him after hearing all of that, he obviously didn’t know me very well. Survival had always been how I lived life. But this? I didn’t want to live like this. Which was why I didn’t give a single fuck about turning my back on four vampires.
But then his hand closed around my upper arm, tight enough that my struggles did absolutely nothing. He dragged me into the hall, slamming the door behind him. I whirled around, raising my arm, moving to swing. He caught my wrist before my open palm reached his cheek, and he jerked me toward him.
“Don’t,” he warned gruffly. “We’ll talk about this later.”
“Is it true?” I hated how that came out like I was begging. Pleading that everything Amaros said was a lie.
His eyes darted toward the closed door. “Yes.”
One word.
That’s all it took for the small trust I had in him to shatter. Was this why he’d saved me with his blood? Why he’d protected me from the Clovers?
“Kali.” My name fell from his lips in a low whisper. “Go upstairs. I’ll come talk to you later. You don’t know everything.”
“I don’t care.” I yanked my arm from his grasp, and he let me go. “I don’t want to know anything more. I want nothing to do with you. I want to leave.”
“That’s not going to happen, and you know it,” he murmured, his eyes boring into mine. “I told you that when I spilled my secrets.”
I scoffed. “Clearly, you didn’t spill them all.”
“Go to my room, Kali. Now.”
I didn’t give a shit if he was acting like this because his father was here. Or maybe it was because now I knew the truth. It didn’t matter to me. I couldn’t fucking breathe in here. His room would be even worse.
I began backing up, holding his stare as I moved farther away. I shot him a bitter smirk as I bent at the waist while raising both my middle fingers to him.
“Here’s my submission to you, Zan,” I mocked, my tone laced with disgust. “Go fuck yourself.”
Chapter 14
Kali
Ispun around and strode through the empty club. Even Gia wasn’t behind the bar. I pushed open the doors, letting the fresh air fill my lungs. I didn’t look to see if Zan was following. If he was, he wouldn’t be quiet about it.
The street was full of vampires. Night was their playtime, and they were using every second of it. Most outright ignored me as I walked past them. They all knew I was Zan’s girl. A pit grew in my stomach at that thought. Before tonight, that had bothered me, but I could live with it. But now? I shook my head, upping my pace as I turned down another block.
I had no idea where I was going. I wasn’t stupid enough to think Zan would allow me to leave the city. Not when his father was here, or with his necklace locked around my throat. I just needed to clear my head before he came looking for me.
