was

s, scars, needle tracks, she had it all. She'd been whipped befor

d felt the bond break

n years old and at least twenty pounds underweight. She could barely stay awake as I finished with her, so I tucked her into bed. She was deep asleep

e floor by the bed. I padded over the filthy carpet to the door and opened it as far as the chain would allow. A unif

I com

hy

d we're canvassing guests to see i

the chain. "Just keep it down, my sister is still asleep, she got a little

tly. "Were you here between the hours

threw up twice and by the time I got her cleaned up and in bed it

anything? Guns

ling all the time in this place, I

ister's hair spilled over the p

wake up if a bomb we

ing shut down. If you see the Community Service Officer downstairs in the lob

eing kic

ultiple murders in the building that are being investigated. I

with the hotel closing, it was the right time to go. I needed help and my nomadic existence wouldn't work fo

the one person I knew I could count on. "Jarrod, it

voice said. "I'm sure we can come to a mutuall

ed to drugs they gave her. She's going to ne

bad i

out by a scumbag, Luna only knows how long they've been doing t

ell. Wher

on. Cops are crawling everywhere,

take care of everything, Talia, a

s old and raised in a time when your word was bond. If he said he would care for her, she

ed." Vampires and werewolves have had a shaky peace over the past century, and both sides would push the envelope of acceptable behavior. Peace didn't mean the absence of conflict, it was just driven u

away from a painful death at their hands. Working with the Coven had sealed my fate, that was unforgivable in their eyes. The last I had heard, the bounty for the Alpha Killer

uld need from you. Sunrise is in an hour, and I have a few th

their blood in my teeth made my wolf come forward, she was unforgiving when it came to her family. "I'm on my motorcycle. We will be t

u're useless to me dead. My familiars will be

you,

alia. I'll see

g. I pulled on my spare jeans and a fleece pullover, then socks and boots. Waking a reluctant Tania, I put her in socks, cargo shorts and pulled a second T-shirt over

," Tania asked, sti

eople that I know in

are w

on to it, but it was clear she had no unders

cargo vans, we were never told where we were. You'd be collec

We're going to leave on my motorcycle." Her eyes got big. "I don't want you to lo

talking to someone near the elevator. We went down the stairs, keeping our heads down, and instead of heading to the lobby we exited the side door. My motorcycle was parked in the back of the lot, and I q