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With the family’s comfort and support surrounding her through the blood link, Alena says carefully, “I want to see him before he dies.”

Asher nods at her. “Good.”

The sound of a vehicle racing quickly up the driveway turns all our heads.

Alena cringes when the tires screech and the vehicle slams on the brakes. Her vampiric senses are still extremely heightened and sensitive.

It’s something she’ll get used to in time.

We all have.

Andrei quickly puts down his laptop and races outside.

I’m tempted to go myself, but Andrei, Kian, and Matthias should have one simple fucking hunter in hand.

“Bring him into the garage,” Asher shouts before standing and exiting the kitchen.

Alena, Chloe, and I follow him.

When we step into the empty garage, I hit the button on the wall to roll up the door.

The hunter strains Matthias and Kian as they try to drag his ass inside. Fighting their hold with more strength than I expected.

Must be the fucking vampire blood in him.

Andrei picks up a crowbar and cracks it over the hunter’s head.

Dazed, the hunter starts to slump in Matthias and Kian’s arms, allowing them to drag him in.

Hitting the button on the wall again, I shut the door behind them.

“He’s a fucking strong dickbag.” Kian growls and punches the hunter hard in the back, where I assume his kidneys are.

“Yeah,” Matthias grunts as he throws the hunter on the concrete floor. “We caught him making his way through the woods about ten miles out.”

“You what?” Asher asks, bringing over a couple sets of heavy chains. “His tracking was going that well?”

I step in to help. We sit the hunter down on the floor and bind his wrist, ankles, and knees.

This fucker is way too strong for rope.

“The Prophet probably showed him my memories,” Alena explains, her face full of worry.

“Yeah, well, whatever that prophet’s doing, he’s not hiding it any longer. Before we picked up this asshole, we swung by the church,” Matthias says. “A bunch of trucks rolled up, packed with hunters. A fucking lot of them.”

“Fuck hunters.” Caden sneers as he steps into the garage. “They’re not superheroes or anything.”

“Some of them might be your kryptonite, Caden.” Kian snickers. “We counted quite a few female hunters among them.”

“What the fuck?” Chloe asks and looks at us in confusion. “They don’t allow female hunters.”

“Say that to my liver,” Kian grunts as he kicks the hunter in front of us. “They don’t allow them to live or train together, but there are hunters of both sexes.”

He’s right. I’ve fought a few female hunters in my lifetime and they’re worse than the men.

The men are simply there to do a job, but the women are rabid in their devotion. They can be quite frightening, truthfully.

“We need to get word to the Council about this development and quick,” Andrei says to the room. “The Order sounds like they’re amassing an army.”