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keeping his voice quiet as he spoke. “Stay hidden. And don’t even think about running. I know your scent. I can track you down faster than you think.” He stood and headed through the trees to find Blake.
    As he neared the group of vampires, their anger slammed into him. Elijah knew that some of his men had been lost in the explosion.
    The fire still raged inside the mansion, black smoke billowing out of the windows, rising high into the dark sky.
    Blake met him halfway, an angry expression etched across his face.
    Though naked, he wasn’t embarrassed and Blake showed no signs of caring either. “How many?”
    Blake touched Elijah’s arm and gestured for him to walk away from the group. After offering his jacket, Blake answered. “Sixteen of our men were killed, ten of theirs and two female humans. The Silent Killer either didn’t realise there were humans in the house or she does not have a heart.”
    Elijah shook his head, closing the jacket over his exposed body and repeating exactly what he had said to the wolf. “She has a heart. Those women will never be forced to take part in activities they do not understand or do not want to do.”
    “Werewolves take their protection to humans very seriously.”
    “It is why we decided to help humans instead of just capturing the rogues for their dodgy dealings.” Elijah wondered whether Keta could hear their conversation.
    “There is something that you might make more sense of than me.”
    Elijah turned to Blake, his eyebrows raised. Blake seemed deadly serious. “And that is?”
    Blake turned to the sky. “It is not the night of the full moon, yet the Silent Killer was able to shift into her wolf form.”
    Elijah turned his attention to the dark sky and saw that Blake was right—the full moon wouldn’t appear for another day, yet the beautiful killer was able to shift.
    He decided to speak the truth, keeping his voice calm so the vampire didn’t catch on to anything. “Hmm…she must be a half-breed.”
    “Like you?”
    Elijah turned away from the sky. “It’s possible. What other explanation is there?”
    Blake shrugged. “I take it you will chase her. Or do you need to deal with your other…command first?”
    Elijah looked down at his exposed chest where the hand shaped bruise showed clearly. “I must deal with this first. He wants me to search for a missing family member.”
    “And he wants you to risk your life looking?”
    Elijah sighed, lifting his shoulder. “You know how it is. Are you okay dealing with this?”
    Blake growled and his eyes blazed with fury. He hated that one of his people was ordered to do someone else’s bidding with no choice. “I will deal with this. The faster you find the dog’s family member, the better. Keep the coat.”
    “I agree.” Elijah watched Blake go. He wasn’t worried about Blake telling the others about the command that had been placed on him.
    Whether they knew or not didn’t change the fact that he was someone’s bitch.
    Elijah cursed under his breath, turning to walk through the trees to where he had left Keta. The faster he sorted the mess out, the better. He was sick of having to do Rio’s dirty work.
     
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    Command? What command? What does Rio want you to do?
    Nosy, aren’t you?
    Keta growled silently and bared her teeth. She didn’t think Elijah cared but she wanted to know what command Rio put on Elijah and why.
    Elijah spoke, we need to talk more. Is there anywhere we can go that is not near my clan? I don’t want them knowing anything about this. They’d kill you on the spot before either of us could get a single word out to explain.
    Keta believed him. She’d killed too many vampires to be let off. What makes you think I can trust you?
    You didn’t run.
    Keta didn’t say a thing. He was right, she hadn’t run. Damn it. Keta stood, shook the leaves and mud from her fur before she turned and walked away.
    Keta cast a sideways glance at Elijah as he followed. If you don’t