League of Vampires Box Set: Books 1- 3 by Rye Brewer

Author:Rye Brewer [Brewer, Rye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00

18

Philippa

I never knew anger had a scent before, but the smell hung heavy in the air as I stared at Vance.

The overhead lighting still worked—they hadn’t broken that, though they probably would have if I hadn’t stopped them—and it cast part of Vance’s face in shadow. I wished I knew what he was thinking. Didn’t I already wish that before?

“I mean it,” I said. “I need to find my brother, and I need you tell me how.”

“It’s not that easy.”

“I don’t see why not. I mean, before I saw you standing there, I would’ve thought it was impossible to get in here if you weren’t a Bourke. But here you are. You have your ways, right?”

He smirked. “This goes beyond a little sneaking around.”

“All right. So what happened, really? Do you know or not? Telling me where he is and actually taking me to him are two different things.”

We circled each other like wary predators, eyeing each other up as we did. The fight with Sledge hadn’t hurt him one bit—I remembered the abrasions and bruises on Sledge’s face.

Vance looked like he could go another few rounds if it came down to it.

I raised one eyebrow as I frowned at him. “Unless you’re too much of a punk to follow through on your promises.”

“I didn’t promise you anything. I didn’t have the chance. We were interrupted, remember?”

“How could I forget? I’m the one who has to pay for the damage.”

A rueful grin spread across his handsome face. “Sorry about that.”

“Let’s not change the subject.” But it was so easy to when I was with him. It was exhilarating, matching wits with somebody at least mostly as intelligent as me. It had been too long. What I missed most about him was his mind. I had always loved talking with him, playing word games, bantering. Sometimes, it was hotter than anything else we ever got up to.

“Oh, right. You wanted to know about Gage.”

We stopped circling and stood still.

“Yes. I want to know who kidnapped him.”

“That’s easy.” He folded his arms. “Nobody.”

“What?” My jaw nearly hit the floor.

“He hasn’t been kidnapped. He’s hiding.”

I had to sit down. I found the nearest chair they hadn’t broken and sank into it. “Hiding?” I asked breathlessly. “From what? From whom? And where?”

“First thing’s first.” He pulled up another chair, turning it around backward and straddling it in front of me. His tall, strong, sure body moved as gracefully as a cat’s.

It wasn’t easy to pry my eyes from him and focus my thoughts.

He raised a brow, then said, “I know this because it was my father Gage went to.”

“Lucian?”

That was almost more shocking than finding out he was hiding. Why would he go to the head of the league for sanctuary? What had he done? Or what was he afraid of having done to him?

Vance leaned closer, and it took a feat of will to push away any lingering feelings I had for him. I tried, hard, to tell myself there was nothing between us, but that wasn’t strictly the truth.

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