Felix and I spent the next nine months on the road searching for those rogue packs and eliminating them after getting the information that we needed to move on to the next one. We would call Wentworth to send in a cleaning crew after we were done and we had specific orders not to leave anyone alive.I hadn’t spoken to my father again after that one phone call and it had already been three months since the last time I phoned Chase. I couldn’t call him now as we were on the road heading to the location of a vampire coven.Felix was driving as I checked my two guns and strapped my other weapons to my legs and arms. I had started adding tattoos to my arms, one for every ten kills and I had almost completed my second sleeve. Felix had laughed as I sat in the tattoo parlor and then to my shock he sat for one too and our arms looked almost identical.We had become best friends over the last nine months and we had declared ourselves brothers of other species. We had vowed to always have each

Stella discharged me but put me on bed rest for the next two days, I was itching to do something, anything at this point, I even missed training. Chase was busy during the days as he attended university and my father still hadn’t come to talk to me.I walked into the house at nine am and went upstairs to my room to have a decent shower. I stood under the hot water for as long as my throbbing leg allowed me and walked into my room with the towel wrapped around my waist.“You look much better,” she said as she sat on my bed.“What are you doing here?” I asked her.“I live here now, it’s good to see you Ryder,” she said as she stood up.“I really can’t say the same,” I said as I walked to my dressing room and started getting dressed.She was standing behind me shamelessly watching me as I got dressed. I ignored her as much as possible until she wrapped her arms around me from beh

“Can someone please explain what the hell is going on here?” Lucas asked as I stood shielding Megan with my body.“You can’t punish Ryder for this rejection, he did nothing wrong,” Megan said loudly.“And you are?” Elder Victor asked her.“Megan Greer,” she said.“The Elders decision is final young lady,” Elder Michael said.“I have proof,” she said and Tia’s eyes widened.“I hate you!” she yelled at Megan but I didn’t budge and she was hitting me out of frustration.“Please come here,” Elder Cliff said to Megan.I waited until Megan had reached the Elders and my father and she took her phone out. She turned the phone sideways so the Elders and Lucas could all watch the video she was playing for them. Lucas’s eyes found mine a few times and I could see rage in them.“Elko, you may let Ryder Grey go,” Elder Cliff said as the video ended.“We have seen enough proof that we support Ryder Grey’s rejection of Tia Malone. In the video it is clear that she had ill intentions with this bond a

“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

At eight am my bedroom door opened and I groaned slightly as the curtains were pulled away from the windows to let in the sunlight.“Shit Link it’s too early,” I said as I covered my eyes with my arm.“It’s time to get up,” Megan said as I removed my arm and turned my head to look at her.“What the fuck Megan,” I said as I realized I had only kept my briefs on last night to sleep in.“Get up,” she said sternly, “or you don’t get coffee before we leave.”“Geez okay,” I said as I stood up.It was almost spring but chilly enough to still wear long sleeves with a light jacket. This was the first time Megan had seen me half naked but I wasn’t shy and I could feel her looking at me. I had a lot of tattoos on my arms and back and I was walking around in front of her in just my underwear.“Are you going to watch me shower?” I asked her as I walked in to the bathroom.“Boundaries Ryder!” she said loudly as she walked towards the bedroom door.“You’re the one that sought me out!” I replied loud