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“Excellent,” Gabriel rubbed his hands together and I half expected hi “I’ve contacted so to hear back from them”

“You say ‘friends’ like it’s a bad thing,” I stated

Gabriel’s silver eyes flickered to mine “If you haven’t noticed,” he suy I use the term ‘friend’ loosely”

“Great,” I rolled my eyes

Gabriel chuckled “I’ve been in hiding most of my existence Very few vampires know about me”

“Wait,” I looked up at Gabriel and then back at uys know about him?”

Patrick smiled “We’re much older than most vao”

“Back to the original topic,” Gabriel sneered, “there’s power in nuht will make e experienced with Selena seem like a piece of pie”

“Cake,” I laughed

“Huh?” He looked at me

“You said, ‘a piece of pie’ The saying goes, ‘a piece of cake’”

“Whatever,” Gabriel pinched the bridge of his nose “I don’t have time for technicalities”

“There’s a pack of shifters not far froree to help us,” Patrick said “If inals haven’t been very nice to them”

“Good,” Gabriel cracked a half-s to help Do you knohat type of shifters they are?”

“A little bit of everything,” Patrick shrugged