Daniel sent him an arch look. “Are you saying you’re any different?”
Anton’s rueful expression made it clear he wasn’t.
“We’ll save that plan as a last resort,” Thomas interjected.
“You mean in case you die?” Nathan asked.
Thomas’s smile was faint as he touched his chest in mock sincerity. “It would warm my cold, cold heart to know vengeance was taken in my name after my fall.”
A round of chuckles went through the group as Liam shook his head.
I frowned at my sire. “I had a feeling I’d regret helping you claim this city one of these days.”
I found the thought of Thomas’s death oddly disturbing. To say nothing of the fact that if he fell, I wasn’t like the rest. I couldn’t easily pick up and go on the run. Not without abandoning my family and friends.
There was a glimmer of amusement in Thomas’s eyes. “You had your chance to walk away. Too bad you didn’t take it.”
“Your sympathy is overwhelming,” I said dryly.
“Do we know how many of Dominick’s forces are in the city?” Thomas asked, changing the subject.
“From what we gathered, at least half a dozen. It’s difficult to get a more precise number,” Makoto answered. “He’s being smart for once.”
“If only there was someone with contacts to the local harpy clan,” Nathan drawled with a sidelong look at me.”
I stuck my tongue out at him. “Fine. Yes. I’ll give Natalia a call. Happy?”
Liam’s eyes laughed at me. “Ecstatic.”
Grumbling to myself, I pulled out my phone to text Natalia.
“Per our conversation last night—have you happened to notice any new vampires in town?”
Her response was instantaneous. “You mean besides the tall, deadly, and psychotic one that tried to kill your sister?”
“Noticed that, did you?”
“We see all.”
Someone was a little arrogant.
“I’ll check around and get back to you.”
I looked up from my phone to find everyone staring at me. “Natalia said she’d check.”
Makoto propped his cheek on his hand. “Must be nice to have informants like the harpies.”
I put my phone away. “Maybe if vampires weren’t such assholes, you too could have awesome friends like Natalia and her flock.”
Makoto made a moue of distaste. “Seems like a lot of work.”
Nathan held up a hand. “We could always go back to my original plan—strike now and massacre everyone with the element of surprise. Sounds simple enough to me.”
“This is why Liam never appointed you as our strategist. Got to think long term.” Makoto tapped the side of his head with a smirk.
Nathan balled up a piece of paper from in front of him and chucked it at Makoto. The other enforcer ducked while Eric and Anton looked on with quiet amusement.
“Alright, enough,” Thomas said, gesturing for them to get serious. “While we’re waiting for Aileen’s contact to get back to us, I want to know if we learned anything else of note from last night’s interrogation.”
