Page 19 of Veil of Shadows

They had a vampire in that cave? Is that what they were doing? Interrogating that fucking thing like a bunch of savages? They were about to find out that one of the reasons why I almost quit my fucking job was because of Delilah’s advanced interrogation techniques. And if they thought for one millisecond that I’d allow them to indulge it, then they had another think fucking coming.

No one deserved to be slapped around like that.

Not even someone’s mortal enemy.

“You really do hit like my sister,” the vampire said smoothly.

Then, that same voice choked before Voss spoke back up. “What is Delilah’s plan? Why the fuck is she still coming after us?”

The vampire gasped as I forced myself to stay put. I had to admit, it was a good question. It was a question I needed an answer to as well. But I already had a feeling I knew why Delilah was pursuing us.

And the vampire confirmed my fears.

“What makes you think Delilah’s coming after the likes of you?” the vampire asked.

“So, you’re coming after Bexley, is that it?” Dom asked.

“Over our dead bodies,” Ronyn snarled.

The vampire snickered. “Trust me, I can make that happen just fine. You know, like I did your other little friend?”

CRACK!

THWAP!

BLURGH!

“Voss!” Ronyn barked.

Voss’s voice trembled with his thunderous anger. “Are you the one that bit Angela? Are you the one that made that little girl an orphan!?”

The vampire cackled with delight. “She wouldn’t be an orphan if you guys hadn’t murdered her.”

Tears crested my eyes as the sounds that poured from that cave wafted nausea throughout my system. The vampire cried out, shrieking in pain as bats leapt from the trees and took to the sky.

“You murdered her!” Ronyn bellowed.

The vampire’s voice dropped into a dangerous register. “Last I recall from that night, I wasn’t the one that bled her dry into the fucking river. That was your little bitch that did that.”

“That’s it,” Dom snarled.

Before I thought my actions through, I grabbed onto the edge of the cave and swung down. I dropped in front of the mouth of the cave, bending my knees to absorb the impact of the descent. I slowly rose up as I took in the four figures etched into thedarkness of the cave, slowly stepping through the threshold as anger and venom dripped over my features.

I stalked up to Dom, leveling my gaze with his.

“Cut. It. Out,” I commanded.

Ronyn hissed behind me. “You’re not his Alpha.”

I spun around to face him. “Yeah, but I am your mate. Does that not give me a say in what’s currently happening?”

Ronyn chuckled bitterly. “It doesn’t give you a say in anything.”

“Can it, Ronyn,” Voss said flatly.

But, the vampire shackled to the cave wall laughed. “Did you just say ‘mate’?”

“Oh, boy,” Dom murmured behind me.

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