Chapter 8
Shadow
“Wake up, Shadow,” Nathaniel whispered urgently, pulling me from my slumber.
“What is it?” I asked, not looking at him.
“They’re here.”
Oh, f**k!
I growled as I rolled over and attempted to get to my feet. I staggered and chuckled, still half-drunk with pain-killing magic. Was this how a normal person felt every day when they didn’t have to smoke like a chimney to battle the crippling pain in his body?
Then I realized I was n***d. “Shit.”
I reached for the pile of clothes Josie had brought for me. I pulled on the jeans, tucked my now flaccid c**k away, and picked up a gray shirt to pull on.
“The vampires from the blood ring?” I asked. “How?”
He shrugged. “I don’t know, but they’re here, and they’re attempting to get in through the wards I have stationed around th
