The location that Oscar had selected for the battle was far enough away from the prison that held his fellow vampires to avoid risk of detection.  His spies had assured him that the entire pack was engaged in battle, leaving only the scientist and his assistant in the house that rested acres away from the remote old building that was their destination. “It will be easy pickings,” he said with a chuckle as he led a handful of specially selected vampires from his army to assist him in releasing Samuel and the others.His acute vampire hearing afforded him the ability to listen to the basics of the distant battle between his people and the werewolves.  They were too far away to hear much more than the chaos of warrior fighting warrior, but he’d already concluded that the werewolves were getting the better of his army.   A remorseful frown over the fact that they’d had to battle during the full moon consumed his face as he

Admitting to Ben that they’d lost Lila to the vampires was far more difficult for Jasper than he could have imagined.  The rage, pain, and panic that the warlock radiated upon the news made him realize just how much she meant to him.  He couldn’t help his guilt over ignoring his own feelings for her, especially upon hearing Ben’s rants over not understanding why Lila chose Jasper over him.How blind had he been?  How geekily focused on his work he must have been to not notice that Lila had feelings for him that went beyond those of admiration for his wisdom and intelligence.  To everyone else it was clear. Why not to him?  What was wrong with him that he didn’t even allow himself to notice how he felt about her until it was too late?After hours of apologies and patiently listening to Ben’s berating over their incompetence, Marcus, and Jasper bent heads with him to come up with a plan to rescue Lila. It wouldn&rsqu