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big doe eyes toward him, her face marred by mascara-streaked tears. Just looking at her and her tear-stained face tugged at his heart. Adrian wasn’t sure why, but he knew without a doubt that he would never hurt her.
    “Because I’m a turned vampire,” she whispered.
    “So am I,” Phaelyn said, pushing Adrian to the side. “The Shadows would never hurt the innocent. Trust me.” Phaelyn reached out her hand to help Angel up from the ground.
    He watched as Angel’s eyes widened at Phaelyn’s declaration. She stared at Phaelyn’s hand for a brief second before taking it and standing.
    “Don’t listen to them, Angel,” Jaxon gasped from the ground, holding his head. “Remember what you witnessed all those years ago.”
    “I hope you’ll be this talkative when we get you in the interrogation room,” Adrian growled, just as a black SUV pulled up to the mouth of the alley. Viktor got out of the truck and opened the back door.
    “Fuck you Shadow,” Jaxon spat, as Adrian dragged him to the back of the truck, handing him off to Viktor.
    He turned back to find Angel standing next to Phaelyn. Her body jerked as Viktor slammed Jaxon into the back of the truck. His chest burned with the thought that he had put fear into her eyes.
    “Come on,” he said softly. He walked up to her and held out his hand.
    She shook her head vigorously, causing a few tendrils of her hair to whip across her face. His hands ached to remove the strands so he could see her. He moved closer to her, as Phaelyn walked over and jumped into the passenger seat.
    “I can’t. I have to go back inside. I probably won’t have a job now,” Angel said, reaching up with a shaking hand to push her hair out of her face.
    “Come with us,” he suggested, making sure the harshness was absent from his voice.
    He needed to question her as to why she would be so afraid of the Shadows. He could easily tell that she wasn’t a rogue vampire. Rogues didn’t hold down jobs for one. Something, or someone, had led her to believe that the Shadows were the enemy, and he needed to get to the bottom of it.
    Nicu and his parents would need to know this too. His parents were very passionate about their people, and would be shocked to learn that there were some vampires out there afraid of them, and everything that they stood for.
    The Dark Shadows were the vampire warriors appointed by the vampire king himself, to protect the vampire nation, and even humans, against any threat.
    “I can’t, Your Grace,” she stated, backing away. She tensed as he gently grabbed her hand. He held onto it, as she tried to tug it away from him.
    “Adrian,” he said, running his thumb across her hand. “My name is Adrian.”
    “But you’re the vampire prince,” she huffed, as she continued to tug her hand away from him. “It would not be right for me to call you by your birth name. I know I haven’t been a vampire for long, but I do know about the class system.”
    “I could care less about the class system.” Adrian swore under his breath and moved closer to her. “Please. Call me Adrian,” he whispered, sensing that she was ready to bolt again. She shook her head again. “Well, at least come with us. We need to question you, and find out why that rogue was after you.”

Chapter 6
Adrian
    A drian couldn’t help but pace the hallway outside the room that Nicu had instructed them to place Angel in. Adrian was livid that Nicu would insist she needed to be put in an interrogation room, like she was a criminal or something.
    She was an innocent, not a threat.
    He walked into the observation room that was connected to her room, and found Teague and Phaelyn.
    He walked up to the one-way glass window, and found Angel seated in the corner of the room, on the floor. She was still dressed in her leather pants and black work shirt. He noticed she was barefoot, finding her heeled boots underneath the table.
    “Who is coming to do her interrogation?” he demanded in a low growl.