another language as neither Corvis nor Kassy offered a reply. Kassy’s eyes searched mine, her unshed tears causing my emotions to close around my windpipe.
My knees buckled, and with Kassy’s help, I somehow managed to make it over to the bed before my legs went from underneath me. “S-she can’t be. I just saw her.”
“You were in her room for hours.” Corvis stepped closer, his gaze fixed somewhere on the floor instead of at me. “But tell me, how long did she stay there with you?”
I furrowed my brow as nausea slowly crept into the back of my throat. “I-I don’t know.” I watched Kassy as she squeezed my hands and knelt in front of me, but I didn’t feel a damned thing. “Where?”
“Where what?” Corvis asked.
“Where did she die?” I spoke through my teeth as my hands started to shake.
“I don’t see why—”
“Where. Is. She?”
“At Horizons… Same as all the others.”
I went to stand, nearly losing my balance as the blood rushed to my head. Corvis stopped me at the door. “What about the rogue?”
Corvis shook his head. “Never found him.”
“Then you didn’t look hard enough, did you? Move aside.”
“This isn’t your fight, Alex.”
“No, it isn’t. But since you haven’t done a damned thing to prevent it, it looks like I need to clean up your mess yet again.” I glanced at Kassy and bit back a growl. “If you’re coming with me, don’t get in the way.”
Things just got personal.
Chapter Eight
Shuffling past humans and vampires alike, I fought against my emotions—from my anger at Corvis and the rogue vampire, to the fear of what I might find, and finally to my guilt for barking at Kassy. But as I strode out of the hotel and into the open streets, Kassy wasn’t far behind me. She matched me step for step, her eyes a mix of fear and concern.
I caught her reaching for my hand a few times out of the corner of my eye, but for whatever reason, she didn’t take it. Perhaps she was waiting for me to close the distance between us, or to see if I would take the lead. But no matter how much I begged my hand to hold hers—to hold on to this reality—it didn’t move.
My legs and feet were about all that did, pushing me closer to Horizons as I tried to figure out what I’d do once we got there. I was drunk. Dangerously so. We should’ve turned back—waited until morning for me to clear my head.
We kept walking. And as we rounded the corner to the club, neither of us stopped. Kassy picked up her pace just enough to open the door, leaving me to walk right into a room that stank of adrenaline, dried blood and fresh kills.
My heart stopped, jump-starting moments later when I realised who—what—was sitting at the front desk. Tyler. I tightened my jaw as my vision started to darken. Against all my efforts, I bit at my bottom lip, and I adjusted my jaw before I could do any kind of damage.
“Kassy,” I hissed. “Stay. Here.”
I could sense her stepping away, but at the same time, I knew she didn’t want to. Drawing in a breath, I waited. I hoped what I was seeing was a mistake—Tyler, hunched over something I couldn’t see… Blood on his chin, his hands, his arms…
But as soon as he looked at me, as soon as those dark orbs met mine, I knew.
Tyler was the rogue.
He killed her. That was her blood on his chin. Her life on his lips.
I sprinted across the room and slammed him into the wall behind his desk, glancing down at the unidentified corpse by his chair.
He killed her. He’s killed before, and he’ll do it again.
I reached for his neck and ducked as he went to do the same to me. Sensing Kassy somewhere behind me, I was grateful when she didn’t move.
Good girl. Stay there, Kassy. Please, stay there .
Tyler threw a punch against my gut, causing me to stumble backwards. His eyes widened as I pinned him to the wall, but he didn’t seem surprised, his vision fixed on something behind me.
“Look at me, damn it!” I growled,
My knees buckled, and with Kassy’s help, I somehow managed to make it over to the bed before my legs went from underneath me. “S-she can’t be. I just saw her.”
“You were in her room for hours.” Corvis stepped closer, his gaze fixed somewhere on the floor instead of at me. “But tell me, how long did she stay there with you?”
I furrowed my brow as nausea slowly crept into the back of my throat. “I-I don’t know.” I watched Kassy as she squeezed my hands and knelt in front of me, but I didn’t feel a damned thing. “Where?”
“Where what?” Corvis asked.
“Where did she die?” I spoke through my teeth as my hands started to shake.
“I don’t see why—”
“Where. Is. She?”
“At Horizons… Same as all the others.”
I went to stand, nearly losing my balance as the blood rushed to my head. Corvis stopped me at the door. “What about the rogue?”
Corvis shook his head. “Never found him.”
“Then you didn’t look hard enough, did you? Move aside.”
“This isn’t your fight, Alex.”
“No, it isn’t. But since you haven’t done a damned thing to prevent it, it looks like I need to clean up your mess yet again.” I glanced at Kassy and bit back a growl. “If you’re coming with me, don’t get in the way.”
Things just got personal.
Chapter Eight
Shuffling past humans and vampires alike, I fought against my emotions—from my anger at Corvis and the rogue vampire, to the fear of what I might find, and finally to my guilt for barking at Kassy. But as I strode out of the hotel and into the open streets, Kassy wasn’t far behind me. She matched me step for step, her eyes a mix of fear and concern.
I caught her reaching for my hand a few times out of the corner of my eye, but for whatever reason, she didn’t take it. Perhaps she was waiting for me to close the distance between us, or to see if I would take the lead. But no matter how much I begged my hand to hold hers—to hold on to this reality—it didn’t move.
My legs and feet were about all that did, pushing me closer to Horizons as I tried to figure out what I’d do once we got there. I was drunk. Dangerously so. We should’ve turned back—waited until morning for me to clear my head.
We kept walking. And as we rounded the corner to the club, neither of us stopped. Kassy picked up her pace just enough to open the door, leaving me to walk right into a room that stank of adrenaline, dried blood and fresh kills.
My heart stopped, jump-starting moments later when I realised who—what—was sitting at the front desk. Tyler. I tightened my jaw as my vision started to darken. Against all my efforts, I bit at my bottom lip, and I adjusted my jaw before I could do any kind of damage.
“Kassy,” I hissed. “Stay. Here.”
I could sense her stepping away, but at the same time, I knew she didn’t want to. Drawing in a breath, I waited. I hoped what I was seeing was a mistake—Tyler, hunched over something I couldn’t see… Blood on his chin, his hands, his arms…
But as soon as he looked at me, as soon as those dark orbs met mine, I knew.
Tyler was the rogue.
He killed her. That was her blood on his chin. Her life on his lips.
I sprinted across the room and slammed him into the wall behind his desk, glancing down at the unidentified corpse by his chair.
He killed her. He’s killed before, and he’ll do it again.
I reached for his neck and ducked as he went to do the same to me. Sensing Kassy somewhere behind me, I was grateful when she didn’t move.
Good girl. Stay there, Kassy. Please, stay there .
Tyler threw a punch against my gut, causing me to stumble backwards. His eyes widened as I pinned him to the wall, but he didn’t seem surprised, his vision fixed on something behind me.
“Look at me, damn it!” I growled,
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