“You son of a bitch!” JD yelled as I told Preston to take him into custody and Carson waited out of sight until JD had been taken away.The Elders were waiting for Rylee in the meeting room and the other Sires were also taking their leave. We all had a lot of work to do and taking time out of your schedule for an impromptu meeting like this had consequences.“Thank you for having my back, I guess now I owe you all one,” I said amidst a few that laughed.“Having Lucas Grey owe you one was definitely worth this meeting,” Remy said.I went upstairs and found Rylee on the sofa with a notebook taking notes as Hannah spoke non-stop. She smiled when she saw me and if Hannah wasn’t in the room, well yeah, I won’t go into details about that.“Hannah give us a moment,” I said.“Is something wrong?” Rylee asked me her hands slightly shaking. I waited for Hannah to leave and sat down next to her.“The Elders want to speak to you, I made Carson confess part of their crimes and JD’s being held down

Rev and Preston joined me in the waiting room as I paced up and down waiting for news. It seemed like forever as people came and left and finally after two hours a nurse walked right towards us and asked us to follow her.We followed her into what looked like a small office and waited five more minutes before the doctor joined us. I had felt the second snap and my tears were very close to the surface. I hated crying in front of other people and I never showed weakness to anyone.“Mr. Grey, your sister, her husband and their baby were brought in by ambulance. They were involved in a five car pileup on the highway. We did everything we could, I’m really sorry for your loss but none of them survived,” he said as I felt my grip on reality shatter.“No,” I said as I grabbed him by the front of his scrubs.“Lucas,” Rev said as he pried my hands loose and the doctor left the room.“They’re all dead,” I whispered as Preston sank to a chair and I saw tears in his eyes.“Lucas, I’m sorry,” Rev

Rylee ignored me as we drove home a few hours later and I returned it by ignoring her as well. I wasn’t going to defend myself when I did nothing wrong. Tessa was part of my lair and things between us had ended a long time ago except for a one night stand here and there.“I’m going to bed,” I said as we climbed out of the car.I headed upstairs first and I pulled sweat pants on and climbed into bed. Baz was restless and I groaned loudly as I turned on my back. I felt Rylee as she climbed into bed and turned her back on me. My eyes were half closed when she decided to say something.“You smell like her,” she said and I sighed.“Do you want me to go shower?” I asked her.“No, by all means sleep next to me with her scent all over you,” she said.“Jealousy doesn’t suit you Rylee,” I said as I turned towards her.“And you’ll be fine if I sleep next to you smelling like another man?” she asked me. Baz roared loudly in my head and I had her pinned down beneath me before she could even react.

Rylee came out of the bathroom smoothing her dress down and pushed past me, not even noticing me as she stumbled past. I could smell the alcohol on her and I grabbed her arm just as the man stumbled out of the bathroom and I lost it.I let go of her and lunged myself at the man, hitting him in the face. He went down and didn’t even put up a fight as I hit him repeatedly. When he was unconscious I was satisfied and stood up and Rylee just stood there looking at me, swaying on her feet.I grabbed her arm and pulled her along, through the throng of people on the dance floor and to the outside where Max stood waiting by his car. I strapped her into the front seat of my car and turned towards Max.“I’ll deal with you tomorrow,” I said and climbed in my car.I drove home and I couldn’t even look at her as she rested her head against the window. She had her eyes closed and I could smell him all over her. I parked the car and I saw that she was in no condition to walk into the house by hersel

At nine am I heard the doorbell as I sat in my office and I waited patiently for the vampire to make his appearance. I wasn’t looking forward to meeting him, not because I hate other species but because vampires especially had a terrible reputation.“So do you Lucas,” Baz chimed in my head.“True,” I said as Hannah knocked on my door.“Come in,” I said and she opened the door to reveal a man around my age with pale skin, dark blonde hair and striking blue eyes. He looked quite ordinary dressed in a suit and carrying a laptop bag over his one shoulder.“This is Lucas Grey, my brother, and this is Timothy Black, my friend,” Hannah said putting emphasis on the ‘friend’ part. I stood up and shook his hand firmly, promising myself to give him the benefit of the doubt.“It’s nice to meet you Timothy,” I said and sat back down motioning for him to take a seat as well.“Hannah didn’t tell me much, only that you need IP addresses located,” he said as he sat down.“My sister tells me you can be