Chapter Seventeen

“This is Lucas,” he answered his phone.

“Hi Dad,” I said.

“Please tell me this is a friendly phone call and you’re not in jail or need a body disposed of,” he said and I laughed out loud.

“You probably need to get back home,” I said to him as I looked at the big mansion that loomed in front of me.

“Fuck Ryder, what did you do?” he asked me.

“Well, I just killed Sire Andrew in Princeton…” I began.

“What the fuck? Why are you even in Princeton? What the hell am I going to tell the Elders, what happened?” he asked his questions all in one breath.

“The Elders are with me,” I said to him.

“Are they taking you into custody?” he asked me suddenly.

“Dad, it was a claim fight, breathe okay, the Elders have been here the whole time, they approved the claim,” I said to him.

“Shit, I can’t leave for two days and you go out killing Sires!” he said but he didn’t sound angry.

“So…” I said and I let my voice trail off.

“I’ll be there in a few hours, so much for keeping to yourself,” he said as he end