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senses. I wasn t able to get anything out of him before he& "
"Before he what?" Dimitri sounded impatient and not at
all concerned with any trauma Skylar might be suffering or
struggling with.
"He pulled put my mate's fangs and bloodied his face,
along with beating him and taunting him with other
tortures," Remy forced out between clenched teeth as his
claws grew and dug into his palms while his fists clenched.
Micah and Asher immediately came to stand with him. They
didn t say anything or do anything else, but they were there.
And clearly, they made a threatening picture as Dimitri lost
his arrogance and turned wary.
"He's fine. Skylar looks the same as when he left," the
vampire defended, looking to Van and Lavi for support, but
they gave none.
"You were informed of the situation before we left," the
ever-polite Lavi pointed out. The other Elder vampire
sounded disappointed, with an edge of anger in his voice.
Dimitri blustered and gestured to Skylar with a hand.
"Look at him. He's fine. Clearly the information was
wrong& or over-exaggerated." The comment hung in the air
for a moment before Remy saw red and advanced on the
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Elder vampire, his two brothers behind him. His other two
brothers would be guarding his sisters in case anything
kicked off.
Before Remy could get the satisfaction of punching the ass
in the face, Skylar appeared in front of him and placed a firm
hand on his chest. "Don t, please."
"I won't have him accusing you of lying in our house," he
said, not taking his eyes of the now retreating vampire.
Dimitri's eyes had bled to red and Remy's wolf was more
than up for the challenge of beating the other man's ass into
the carpet.
And given the answering growls from Micah and Asher,
his brothers were, too.
"Do you have that one family member that you don t
particularly like, one that s pretty much a dick that you can't
stand?"
Remy didn t want to agree. He certainly didn t want to
look away before the vampire did. But Dimitri dropped his
eyes and stepped back when he realized he would be on his
own.
"Yes," he said grudgingly when Skylar stared at him
expecting an answer.
"Well, he's that for me. He is still part of my coven
though," Skylar explained slowly before turning to Dimitri.
"And as for you when have I ever ever exaggerated
anything in a report? I was only hours from an agonizing
death when my Mon âme soeur sang cut his vein open and
poured his blood down my throat because my fangs were
gone. It was only because his blood was filled with his
newfound power as an extraordinarily strong alpha that I
not only survived, but healed as well. So Elder or not, if you
ever seek to devalue what my mate has given me, I will rip
out your throat and willingly submit to coven punishment."
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"Of which there would be none," Van declared with a look
of disgust aimed at Dimitri.
Remy heard Rosemary whisper, "He's loyal." He also
heard Sage answer in another whisper, "I like him." Then
Zeke and Saffron started discussing how long they thought
Dimitri would last in a fight and putting down bets.
Dimitri appeared suitably put in his place. Whether it was
from the abject dismissal of his siblings or the other vampire
Elders essentially cutting ties, he wasn t sure.
Skylar stood in front of Remy, probably because his mate
still didn t trust him not to take a snap at Dimitri if the
vampire wandered too close. His mate already knew him too
well. It was funny when he glanced at Micah, then at Asher
and saw expressions of amusement on their faces as they
were thinking along the same lines as him.
"Fine. No clawing the guests," he huffed grumpily.
The fact that Skylar just reached back and patted his
stomach just made him feel even more like a house pet. His
wolf wasn t thrilled with the treatment.
"Thank you dear," Skylar said, and he could hear his mate
trying not to laugh.
Disgusted with it all, Remy changed the subject back to
the original topic. "Anyway. Assuming we take the poison
rumors and run with it, why would Skylar be different?
What's different about you, love?"
"Apart from my amazingly firm ass?"
The comment surprised him so much he snorted.
"It is amazingly firm," he agreed as groped the body part
in question. "But that's not what I meant."
"He's blind." Dimitri pointed out redundantly.
Van shielded the jerk before Remy could make it around
his mate. "Before you hit him, he may have uncovered a
point. Skylar is blind, and because of that, his body cannot
survive on synthetic blood like most of our race. We moved
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to the synthetic formula ten years ago as it was safer and
more easily monitored, after the year two thousand outbreak
of blood dopers that killed a few vampires with transference
of a drug paranormals were susceptible to."
"But then if someone was able to somehow get past all the
safeguards, then the synthetic blood would effectively be the
best way to attack vampires as an entire race. Remy
realized out loud.
"There must be other vampires that are incompatible with
synthetic blood," Van countered, shaking his head as if
dismissing the idea. "And it doesn t account for it being
decades plural since a soul mate was found. The time lines
don t match."
"They may have simply not yet come across their mate.
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senses. I wasn t able to get anything out of him before he& "
"Before he what?" Dimitri sounded impatient and not at
all concerned with any trauma Skylar might be suffering or
struggling with.
"He pulled put my mate's fangs and bloodied his face,
along with beating him and taunting him with other
tortures," Remy forced out between clenched teeth as his
claws grew and dug into his palms while his fists clenched.
Micah and Asher immediately came to stand with him. They
didn t say anything or do anything else, but they were there.
And clearly, they made a threatening picture as Dimitri lost
his arrogance and turned wary.
"He's fine. Skylar looks the same as when he left," the
vampire defended, looking to Van and Lavi for support, but
they gave none.
"You were informed of the situation before we left," the
ever-polite Lavi pointed out. The other Elder vampire
sounded disappointed, with an edge of anger in his voice.
Dimitri blustered and gestured to Skylar with a hand.
"Look at him. He's fine. Clearly the information was
wrong& or over-exaggerated." The comment hung in the air
for a moment before Remy saw red and advanced on the
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Elder vampire, his two brothers behind him. His other two
brothers would be guarding his sisters in case anything
kicked off.
Before Remy could get the satisfaction of punching the ass
in the face, Skylar appeared in front of him and placed a firm
hand on his chest. "Don t, please."
"I won't have him accusing you of lying in our house," he
said, not taking his eyes of the now retreating vampire.
Dimitri's eyes had bled to red and Remy's wolf was more
than up for the challenge of beating the other man's ass into
the carpet.
And given the answering growls from Micah and Asher,
his brothers were, too.
"Do you have that one family member that you don t
particularly like, one that s pretty much a dick that you can't
stand?"
Remy didn t want to agree. He certainly didn t want to
look away before the vampire did. But Dimitri dropped his
eyes and stepped back when he realized he would be on his
own.
"Yes," he said grudgingly when Skylar stared at him
expecting an answer.
"Well, he's that for me. He is still part of my coven
though," Skylar explained slowly before turning to Dimitri.
"And as for you when have I ever ever exaggerated
anything in a report? I was only hours from an agonizing
death when my Mon âme soeur sang cut his vein open and
poured his blood down my throat because my fangs were
gone. It was only because his blood was filled with his
newfound power as an extraordinarily strong alpha that I
not only survived, but healed as well. So Elder or not, if you
ever seek to devalue what my mate has given me, I will rip
out your throat and willingly submit to coven punishment."
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"Of which there would be none," Van declared with a look
of disgust aimed at Dimitri.
Remy heard Rosemary whisper, "He's loyal." He also
heard Sage answer in another whisper, "I like him." Then
Zeke and Saffron started discussing how long they thought
Dimitri would last in a fight and putting down bets.
Dimitri appeared suitably put in his place. Whether it was
from the abject dismissal of his siblings or the other vampire
Elders essentially cutting ties, he wasn t sure.
Skylar stood in front of Remy, probably because his mate
still didn t trust him not to take a snap at Dimitri if the
vampire wandered too close. His mate already knew him too
well. It was funny when he glanced at Micah, then at Asher
and saw expressions of amusement on their faces as they
were thinking along the same lines as him.
"Fine. No clawing the guests," he huffed grumpily.
The fact that Skylar just reached back and patted his
stomach just made him feel even more like a house pet. His
wolf wasn t thrilled with the treatment.
"Thank you dear," Skylar said, and he could hear his mate
trying not to laugh.
Disgusted with it all, Remy changed the subject back to
the original topic. "Anyway. Assuming we take the poison
rumors and run with it, why would Skylar be different?
What's different about you, love?"
"Apart from my amazingly firm ass?"
The comment surprised him so much he snorted.
"It is amazingly firm," he agreed as groped the body part
in question. "But that's not what I meant."
"He's blind." Dimitri pointed out redundantly.
Van shielded the jerk before Remy could make it around
his mate. "Before you hit him, he may have uncovered a
point. Skylar is blind, and because of that, his body cannot
survive on synthetic blood like most of our race. We moved
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to the synthetic formula ten years ago as it was safer and
more easily monitored, after the year two thousand outbreak
of blood dopers that killed a few vampires with transference
of a drug paranormals were susceptible to."
"But then if someone was able to somehow get past all the
safeguards, then the synthetic blood would effectively be the
best way to attack vampires as an entire race. Remy
realized out loud.
"There must be other vampires that are incompatible with
synthetic blood," Van countered, shaking his head as if
dismissing the idea. "And it doesn t account for it being
decades plural since a soul mate was found. The time lines
don t match."
"They may have simply not yet come across their mate.
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