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tightened. ‘Like you had things to do last night when I came to see you?’
    Last night, he’d been out looking for the lycan young. Last night, he’d still been reeling over her turning up on his doorstep seeking leads as to whether Caleb was responsible for The Alliance murders.
    He freed his wrist in one easy twist before turning to face her, ensuring his guard still remained on the steps, vigilant to the prospect of company.
    If she wanted to beg for his time, she could get in line.
    ‘About?’ he asked.
    She raised her eyebrows at his aloofness, but it did nothing to deter her. ‘Morgan’s going to be caught up for the next couple of hours; no one will notice my absence.’
    ‘I told you: I’m busy right now.’
    ‘Then make time,’ she said.
    Coming from someone who was now occupied for the best part of sixteen hours in every twenty-four, his hackles rose at the instruction.
    He exhaled tersely as he tongued his incisor. He folded his arms as he stared deep into her eyes. ‘Excuse me?’
    ‘I thought we were in this together.’
    ‘ You chose to go back, Caitlin.’
    ‘As opposed to what? Kane, I’ve tried to explain. I told you I can’t do the “kept woman” thing – sitting at home waiting for you to come back each morning or each night or whenever it is after you’ve done whatever it is you do, because I still don’t know what that is, do I? Just as I still have no idea what you’re doing about Sirius’s threat.’
    ‘Leave,’ he said. ‘Leave the VCU and we can talk.’
    It was the first time he’d laid down the ultimatum.
    It was bad enough that she was back on the streets where he could watch her less than ever, but her brush with death with the nilkim exacerbated how needlessly selfish she was being putting herself at risk again. If he hadn’t had the heads-up it had been spotted, he would have seen her death on the news or heard it in a rumour on the streets.
    She shook her head. ‘That’s not fair.’
    ‘No, Caitlin, it isn’t. But I made it clear to you from the outset, from the moment you made your decision that there are certain things that would have to remain closed to you if you returned to work there.’
    ‘But I didn’t sign up for this secrecy between us, Kane.’
    ‘Then what did you sign up for? My heart on my sleeve? Dispelling vampire secrets to you? You know I have to draw the line somewhere, Caitlin. You knew this was going to be tough.’
    ‘What’s tough is that you don’t let me in at all . That you don’t trust me enough to let me in even a little bit.’
    ‘You know why. I don’t trust Sirius. I can’t trust he won’t use you to get to me.’
    ‘I won’t let that happen. I won’t betray you.’
    ‘He was willing to put you on the line to prove his theory about soul transference. He was willing to stand back and let me capture you for that very reason. Do you really think he would have exposed his plans to you if he didn’t intend on continuing to use you?’
    ‘Then I’ll go straight to the Global Council. I’ll report his threats. I could have them search The Facility – to find out if there is unlawful research going on.’
    ‘And they’d believe you? The one who brought the authority in this locale into disrepute in the first place? Expose that you’re still fighting my corner when our link is supposed to be severed in order to protect us both? We don’t know how deep this corruption permeates. For all we know, Sirius is just the face of it.’
    ‘Sirius who looked me in the eye as he talked about my family like they were a commodity, that what happened to them, what nearly happened to me, was a stroke of luck. He watched my family being ripped apart and, for him, it was all about gain. This is happening because of us . Sirius is invading Blackthorn because we showed him the soul transference can be done. But I am not going to be used in his fight against you and I am not taking this lying down, Kane. Being at the TSCD is the best