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He pulls me up and then has to hold onto me for a moment longer as I try to get used to my new center of gravity.

“Thank you,” I tell him.

“You’re welcome,” he says softly as his gaze travels over my face, checking that I’m really okay.

It must have been terrifying witnessing me go down like that.

There’s a flash of light behind Doc, and I wince. “What the fuck now.”

Doc moves out of the way, as the guys surround me, being careful of my wings and making sure that I’m stood with them and not behind them as we face whatever the fuck this is.

Standing where the flash of light was, is a dark-haired man, he smiles, showing his teeth, and instantly telling me that he’s a vampire. My eyebrows raise. Well, that’s curious.

He looks at me, “Come with me.”

“No,” I reply shortly, making someone laugh in surprise.

The vampire raises his eyebrow, and looks slightly confused, he’s clearly not used to being told no, “Excuse me?”

“I said no,” I reply, and then when he still looks confused, I add, “if you have any hope of US,” I make sure to emphasize the us, “then you’re going to have to have explain why you want us to come with you, and it better be a damn good explanation, because after what we’ve been through in the last what, hour? I have reached the end of my give a fuck.”

The vampire's surprised expression clears and is replaced with an amused look before it becomes serious again, “That seems like a reasonable request. The elders wish to speak to you.”

“Goody.”