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"I won’t I proh there wasn’t much humour there "Believethis life without kicking and screaain "Any rashness from you and you’ll be teleported out of there And I mean that I hesitated with Evan I won’t ain Got it?"

Alora saluted hi, there is absolutely no reason why Eloise and I cannot be taken along" Collins’ superior, haughty, I-get-to-do-whatever-I-want-and-you-will-obey-rated on every nerve I had

"Oh there’s an extre his personal space The snooty tosser immediately backed up "As you repeatedly state, you’re both observers here Everyone on this assignment will be expected to protect themselves and the people around theet hurt And if you think I’ll be held responsible for anything that happens to you or Aphrodite here, you’re very wrong Besides, I only take along people who I trust to watch my back and the backs of those around me I certainly don’t trust either of you, whichbehind As Jared said, deal with it"

Collins looked ready to explode, but then he sniffed arrogantly and adjusted his tie "Fine Ia note of this inin ripped rabbed hold of one another and he teleported us all out of there, happily leaving behind a flushed Collins and a snarling Eloise

Chapter Ten

(Sam)

Quentin and the bald, stocky vampire beside him jerked back in surprise as we all appeared in front of where they were crouched low in the rainforest Quentin seeht of us After we had all exchanged nods of greeting, he gestured to the bloke with him "This is one of my vampires, Gio"

Jared was i with?"

Quentin pointed to the camp that was set up a hundred feet away Our vampire enhanced vision meant that we could see it quite clearly "Froather, there are approxi in total – al area, hunting vampires The rest of the humans are based in this area I didn’t want to launch an attack until I had your back up"

"Actually, there won’t be an attack We have a new plan" I relayed our conversation with Antonio "As such, the new objective is to kill every last tainted vampire but to allow the humans to live"

Quentin looked extreiven that these humans had sedated and captured some of his vampires "What about the captives? One of them is my brother I want him out of there"

"We’ll deal with the va held captive," Jared told hi Quentin’s distress "Is your brother tainted?"

"No, but the others are"

"Then we’ll get your brother out," I assured him "But the tainted will be destroyed – only the untainted prisoners will be freed, I’ned, Quentin nodded "I understand"