“WE HAVE TO GO AFTER them,” I gasped as soon as I could, not even taking the time to straighten up before beginning to speak. I was still panting like a wolf, but I was able to open the door...a feat I proceeded to accomplish even as I barked requests over one shoulder at the burly cousin trailing along in my wake. “Can you bring the SUV around? I need to pick up a couple of items from inside Sebastien’s house and we don’t have much time....”
Then I was being pulled out of the entranceway by a growling Malachi, who stepped around my tense body to look up and down the street even as he shielded me from view. “Don’t be an i***t,” my cousin told me. “You’re n***d. We’re in human territory. Try to use your brain.”
Now it was my turn to snarl, annoyed by the fact that Malachi was treating me
