Page 39 of Bite of Sin

Gia’s question had my eyes snapping away from Warner and back to her. “No. They see the necklace and nearly trip over themselves to get away from me.”

“Just be careful. There will always be one who’ll try to challenge Zan. And since you’re wearing that, you’ll be the first target.”

“Where is Zan?” I asked.

She grinned. “Missing him?”

My face flushed, and I scowled. “No. It’s just the first time he hasn’t been here.”

“He’s busy. Like always. The only reason he’s spent so much time here lately, I’m guessing, is because of you.”

“Right,” I muttered, ready to change the subject. “Do you own this place?”

“I just run it. I have a feeling you know who owns it.”

“Zan.”

“Along with Viggo and Pax.” She leaned over the bar, as if wanting to keep the next words between us. “Everything in this city is theirs.”

I frowned, glancing at Dee as she handed out drinks to a table. “What do theKtattoos stand for?”

Gia paused, looking at me thoughtfully. “Kane.”

My lips parted, fear racing down my spine. “As in Amaros Kane?”

“Did you know about him when you were human?” She raised an eyebrow. “Or did someone mention him after you turned?”

I shook my head. “We grew up learning about him. And his sons. He’s the reason for the war. For all the death.”

She clicked her tongue, her eyes darkening. “I’d say the humans played a large role in the deaths too.”

“Is he in this city?” I whispered. “Amaros?”

“No. His sons are.”

My stomach twisted painfully as I stared at her in shock. The Kane sons were this close to Project Hope? This was the kind of news I needed to bring back to Tim. If I ever found a way out of this city. Realization hit me, and I straightened up, pushing off the bar. The blood drained from my face, panic filling every inch of me.

“Ahh, looks like you figured it out.” Gia laughed, going back to washing the glasses.

“Zan,” I choked out. “He’s a Kane?”

“Along with Viggo and Pax. Half brothers,” she answered cheerily.

Holy shit. Not only had I been pissing off a vampire who could kill me in a second, I’d been defying one who was part of the most notorious vampire family. The one who’d spearheaded the war. Why the fuck hadn’t he killed me yet? I should have figured it out sooner with how the other vampires acted around them. But I just thought they had control here in the city—not all over the fucking country.

“Gia, you know you’re not supposed to blurt that out.”

I whirled around to see Pax striding toward me, his lips set in an annoyed frown.

“She was going to find out,” Gia said from behind me, not sounding worried in the least. Unlike others in here, she didn’t seem to fear them. I wondered how important she was. “And with that necklace, she’s not going to run off and tell anyone. She would have learned it at the center.”

Pax swiped a hand down his face. “They don’t learn until they’ve been trained enough totrust. She has not.”

“Oops.”

Gia walked off, leaving Pax glaring at her before he turned his attention to me. “We need to talk. Now.”

Before I could say anything, he grabbed my arm and practically dragged me through the club until he stopped in front of the room I’d changed clothes in on my first night here. He pushed me inside before stepping in behind me and shutting the door. Grumbling something I couldn’t hear under his breath, he fell onto the couch where my gun was hidden, making my heart skip a beat.

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