40. Success

Kai

Something felt wrong as soon as I dropped Caterina off this morning, but I would never have thought this would be the outcome.

“What the fuck do you mean?” I ask Dimitri while tightening the grip around his throat, but he only chuckles.

“She wanted to help, so I sent her on a mission. I thought you wanted me to teach her our ways,” he chokes, gripping my hand. I growl as I throw him to the side, the anger burning hot in my veins, and I pinch the bridge of my nose.

“So you send her into the clutches of a fucking VAMPIRE?!” I say through gritted teeth and pulling out my cell phone.

This can’t be happening, not now when I had a million other things to worry about! The DA’s office is basically a vampire’ den, and he let her walk straight into it with no backup or protection.

Dimitri walks over to me and dares to put a hand on my shoulder.

“Have some fucking faith in your mate, brother,” he says. I aim a death s