Tate froze.
Kyren had no inclination. “I thought you hunters were all knowing, all powerful. You can’t tell me you haven’t identified the body yet?”
My fingers ached to pull the gun on Kyren again. The asshole just couldn’t keep his mouth shut. Tate’s boyfriend or not, he was pushing it.
“So you did kill her,” I stated, hands on my hips. “You realize that I should turn you in, right? Not only did you kill another vampire, but you exposed your powers to humans.”
“But you won’t.” Kyren’s lips did that twitching thing again. I didn’t think I’d ever seen the vampire ever fully smile before. It was more irritating than it should have been.
I ground my teeth, hating that he was right. “I should but I won’t. Not yet.” I thought back to the mess of meat that had been Marianne and shook my head. “I don’t know how you haven’t been caught yet. Psychopaths make cleaner kills than that mess you left.”
“She threatened Jack.”
“That doesn’t mean that you’re off the hook,” I huffed, rubbing a hand down my face. How did it come to this?
Kyren lifted his hands in mock defense. “Of course not, big scary hunter. I will reflect on the error of my ways.” He and Tate chuckled which only pissed me off more.
“You think you’re real funny, don’t you?” I snapped, pointing a finger at him. “Do you know how many people we had to hunt down and glamour to forget so we could clean up your little temper tantrum?”
Tate had the decency to look contrite, while Kyren simply shrugged.
“They are only humans. They will explain away what they saw or get locked up in one of their little facilities for theloco.” He spun a finger around near his head. “No one will believe what they saw.”
I sucked on my lower teeth and shook my head. “You really have no compassion for human life, do you? What does Jack see in you?”
“I can think of a few inches or two.” Kyren smirked.
Tate groaned.
Shaking my head once more, I stepped up to him until we were eye to eye. “Only a few inches, huh? I think out of the three of us, the only one giving Jack anything was me, last night when she was screamingmyname. Not yours.”
Kyren snarled, baring his fangs at me. “You only slipped into her heart because I left an opening. Once I am back in her good graces, she will be ours again, and there will be no room for you.”
“You keep telling yourself that.” I laughed, backing up a step. “But I was there before you, and I’ll be there long after you. Tate?” I nodded to the werewolf. “Keep your boyfriend in line, or I’ll do it for you.”
Tate grimaced but didn’t argue the fact.
Shaking my head and laughing, I walked back to my office to report about what had happened with Gavin. I let myself bask in the fact that I had finally told that smug blood sucker off.He thought he could just do whatever he wanted and then come crawling back to Jack whenever he wanted to?
Hell, no. Not on my watch.
Besides, after what he did to Jack, there was no way she’d take him back. Right?
Chapter twelve
Jack
Thankfully,mydadsstoppedpestering me by the time that Tabby showed up at the door. I half expected to see the little group of witches that trailed behind her too and was grateful when it was only her on my doorstep.
“Hey,” I greeted, holding the door open for her. “Thanks for coming all the way here. I know it would have been easier for you to do this at the academy.”
“No, no.” Tabby smiled, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as she stepped into the foyer. “This is better, actually. I can see you in your natural habitat, and plus, we won’t have the other students being nosy.”
Her head swiveled one way and then the other, taking in the high ceilings and fancy chandelier that shined rainbows on the wall during the day. I used to lay under it as a child with my mom, seeing how many rainbows we could count before they disappeared with the sun.
“Natural habitat, huh?” I chuckled. “Why does that make me feel like some kind of animal in the zoo?”
Tabby’s mismatched colored eyes widened. “Oh, no! That’s not what I meant at all.” She clung to her bag, spinning around to face me. “I just meant the place you’re most comfortable at.”
