wrong way, my men will fire at will. So in case you had something planned…” Solomon trailed off, Mika apparently getting the point as he bared his teeth in unhappy disgust.
Jace grinned, Go team Sol! Their Sorena wasn’t one to be messed with and had proved his leadership skills on more than one occasion. If only the council would allow them to go in and bust some skulls, Mika and his gang would’ve been toast decades ago. But no , the council had interests that needed to be maintained and a war would surely fuck things up. Not like it would have been the first war.
He saw Solomon gesturing towards the car and the door opened.
Liam got out with a tight grip on the vampire’s arm as he pulled him from the car. This Brass guy looked fairly roughed up and pale or at least paler than normal for a vampire, so that probably meant the guy had worked up quite an appetite, to the point of starving.
Still, Jace had expected there to be more bruises or at least a few broken bones, especially if Liam had been the one interrogating the vampire.
Then again, the vampire looked kind of gangly compared to his fellow fang folk so maybe torture didn’t sit too well with him… even if he was rumored to be some kind of elite… maybe he’d been hired as an elite archive filer or something?
When Liam and the vampire stood in front of them, Solomon nodded to Liam to let the vampire go. He seemed to hesitate a bit, but let go and the vampire sauntered off to join his brethren.
Jace could feel Mika’s grip tighten around his arm, but after glaring back at the spot where he’d planted his now useless snipers, he reluctantly let go. Jace would have hugged Solomon if they weren’t in the open with a gang of vampires around, but he gave his friend a great big smile as he took his place next to his Sorena.
His big smile was a last attempt to piss off Mika and the glare he got from the vampire could have burned a hole through him. Raising his lip in disgust, Mika turned and stalked off to where the limo stood. He had no concerns that he was now open to attack; he trusted Sol and the guys to keep him bullet-wound-free. Jace also had a sneaking suspicion that Mika had some inside intel on the council’s reluctance to off him.
The vampire Brass stumbled several times as he hurried to catch up with his nut-job leader, but he threw a few more glances over his shoulder, looking nervous.
Pushing Brass into the limo, Mika turned and sneered at them. “Don’t think I’ve forgotten about Leo, Sol. Give my best to Maddox and tell him I’ll see them both soon enough.”
Despite the threat to his pride-mates, it felt good to be free and Jace couldn’t wait to get home and just crash under his covers for a week. He would never again underestimate the value of a mattress. There was just one other thing though. Turning to Solomon, Jace figured he’d just spill. “Sol,” he started in a serious tone, but got cut off by Sol who laughed.
“There are burgers in the car.”
“Oh, thank god! You totally rock!” Jace exclaimed as his tummy rumbled like a goddamned thunderstorm.
Jace was starving and not just because the drugs had given him the munchies. In the days since his kidnapping, he’d had exactly two ham sandwiches, which wasn’t nearly enough food for a guy who thought steaks should always come in pairs.
“Then let’s eat.” Jace grinned as he dove for the car, practically crawling past Liam to get to the real goods. It might not have been steaks, but right now a pickle-drowned burger was a fucking amazing piece of ambrosia.
Chapter 5
Jace sat behind his desk, looking at the evil looking pile of paperwork he had to go through. You’d think a guy with his kind of job would only have to work on medical files, but sadly, that was far from the truth.
He needed some new equipment, which should be fair enough, but apparently the council had to make sure he wasn’t going to use the devices for frickin’ world domination if
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