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