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Austin Croas a computer and expert security technician, trained by the Council, and his sense of power had grown over the years within Sanctuary, as he rose to rein over the control room

The bastard sneered at him with his tiny little canines

“She can pick it up herself” And he norant of the Breed he was dealing with, and the fact that the norer applied to Mercury

Before Mercury could stop hi the otherto her feet quickly behind the desk

“There’s no blood, Ria,” he infor into Austin’s pale, despicable little face “At least not yet”

“Merc,Breed Enforcer had a nervous quiver to his voice as Mercury kept his hand around the tech’s throat

Fear The scent of it sla his lips to curl back, a vicious ru in his chest

“Pick up the sweater,” Mercury growled into Austin’s face as he released hirip to the back of his neck and force hi as the otherfor air and in pain at the grip Mercury had on him

It would be so easy to snap his little head right off his shoulders and watch hiht he had delivered to Ria was intolerable It wouldn’t be allowed

Pulling hi fear sink into Austin’s bones as he trembled like a weak-kneed coward

“Respect” He let the word ruirl” He used the worst insult he could have used to the egomaniacal little Breed

His gaze flickered over the pristine, perfectly pressed, perfectly starched yellow shirt, buttoned to the throat and glaring against the Breed’s dark skin and white-tipped, spiked brown hair

“Before you challengehiain, Kane, Callan, and Jonas rushed into the hallway

“He’s crazy,” Austin gasped, his high-pitched voice causing them all to wince as he pointed to Mercury “He tried to kill me I was ordered to watch the roo that damned sweater”