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going to fall apart because Lillian and I decided to stay
in bed for the evening.”
    Aubrey
scoffed. “You will figure out how difficult loving her is,” he snapped and
marched out.
    I
sighed and laid back on the bed. Cornelius settled down next to me. “He had to
ruin everything,” he muttered as he kissed my shoulder.
    I
laughed. “He is right. We shouldn’t be in bed while everything is falling
apart.”
    He
sighed. “Spending a few hours in bed isn’t going to change anything. No one knows
what is going on. We can’t do anything until we have more information.”
    I
sat up and looked down at him. “No, but we could be out asking around.” I stood
and walked into the bathroom. I started the shower. I felt a little chided by
Aubrey. I wanted to do something now that he pointed out I was doing absolutely
nothing.
    I
stepped in the shower. My mind was back to racing. I was still no closer to
knowing who attacked Drake. I shouldn’t have wasted the time. I didn’t have
time to let my personal life distract me. Cornelius stepped into the shower
behind me. He wrapped his arms around me, and pulled me closer to him.
    “There
isn’t much you can do. I don’t know why you are letting Aubrey get to you,” he
whispered as he nuzzled my ear.
    I
turned and looked up at him. “He was right though. We are wasting time. What
are we going to do? We have to come up with some kind of plan.”
    “Some
things cannot be controlled. We have people everywhere looking, and asking
questions. We will find out who did this,” he said impatiently.
    I
sighed and looked away. He was right too. We were both doing what we could.
There wasn’t much more we could do. I just felt like I should be doing
something more, even though I didn’t know what it was.
    Cornelius
pushed me against the wall and pressed his lips to mine. He kissed me
aggressively. His tongue tangled with mine. I tangled my fingers in his hair,
and moaned against his lips.
    The
loud banging on the door broke us apart. “What the fuck!” Cornelius growled as
he stepped out of the shower. He yanked the door open. “What!” he snapped
impatiently.
    “Two
hunters were killed. The hunters are blaming us. Is that enough to warrant
your, and the princess’s attention?” Aubrey snapped.
    “We
will be down in a few minutes,” Cornelius growled matching Aubrey’s tone.
    “I’m
sure,” Aubrey muttered.
    I
heard Cornelius mumble something as he shut the door. I stepped out of the
shower and wrapped a towel around myself. Cornelius looked at me. “He is getting
on my nerves.”
    I
smiled. “Let’s just go see what is going on.” I walked out past him. I needed
to get dressed, and see what was going on. I was kind of curious about which
hunters were killed. I knew many of them, and I hated to see any of them get hurt.

 
    I
descended the stairs and Cornelius followed. We were met by Drake, Adam, Eric,
Kate, Luca, Kai, and Aubrey. They all seemed like they were on edge. It was
obvious they were discussing whatever happened. I was sure the hunters were
gearing up to strike back, at least that was the fear.
    “It’s
nice you two decided to join us,” Aubrey said curtly.
    “Leave
them alone. They deserve some rest,” Drake growled glaring at Aubrey.
    Aubrey
didn’t look like he liked being chided, but he didn’t comment. “Does anyone
know who was killed?” I asked disregarding Aubrey’s comment.
    “A
couple young guards. They are saying a werewolf attacked them near the hunter’s
compound. Werewolves don’t attack hunters,” Adam said quietly.
    “I
agree. I never had problems with werewolves as a hunter. They have to know
there is something off. I don’t understand why they would automatically blame
us,” I said quietly.
    “They
think you are on some revenge kick I am sure,” Drake said watching me.
    “Lillian
and I have to go talk to them,” Cornelius said after a minute of silence.
    “That
is insane. They will try to kill you,” Adam said