f his unmarked patrol car went off. There was a male v
was a Friday night in the early part of July, so the college turks were still fresh out of school and
it was th
working right now, one floater in the Hudson River and a hit-and-run, but there was always room for something else. As far as he was conce
as and thought, Let's hear
**
over itself to get out of his way. Fear and a morbid, lusty cur
. All
total blindness. Focusing on his hearing, he sorted through the beats of the music, isolating the shuffling of feet, the whisper of words, the sound of
his was the only body in the pla
he warrior was
vampire. David was a blurry shape, his dark coloring and b
he asked as he caugh
breather. Tha
ared straight ahead and watched the crowd
wai
rap song faded into o
t shooter who knew Wreck couldn't stand having his
beer, then let out a d
, sensing a waitress approach them. He had the impression of big br*
drink?" she
go to work on her carotid. Human blood wouldn't keep him alive fo
ed her anxiety and gave her a shot of lust at
ested, he
her short blond hair a halo in the darkness around her face. Spell
annoying
ifted im
he muttered.
the crowd, Wreck heard David cle
eady sai
Ah, you and
e
good fights together. Cu
nerations. There was David. Terry. The four others. The brothers were vastly outnumbered by lessers, de-so
then
throat. "After a
e point. Marissa needs to d
t let anyone else stay there." David let out an awkward laugh. "
t, pushing the table out with his bo
fe Wreck lived. Havers was a snob and a dilettante who had his head up his ass. He was totally inc
while civilians were getting slaughtered. He needed to be in the field with
dn't have to deal with
take you up
oo
w t
e a da
urned his head
whi
the m
her. And she..
smell of old pain cutting through the stench
manded. He had a feeling w
nty-
eath. "Don't ask me, Davi
My lord, you
d I'll close your mout
understan
d's hand grasped his forearm
half-
s Chr
it would increase the likelihood of her making it through the change as a half-breed. I'm not asking you to take her on as a shellan. Or to protect he
: f**k and off. As far as he was concerned, there were only two good positio
d. Or would have been one, i
chest. He despised himself for walking away, but he just wasn't the kind of male who could help some p
it. Not ev
d Wreck actually swayed under the emotion'
her, do her a favo
emory of himself from every human cerebral cortex in the place. The strong one
terialize. He passed a woman deep throating some guy in the shadows, a bum who'd colla
. And who it was. The sweet smell
his hira shuriken. The stainless-steel throwing star felt comfort
ed to rush into the shadows. He was spoiling for a fight after shutting down
an was just what he need