“Take care of her,” Bram says to Remus.
He nods. “I will.”
“Oi, I’m standing right here,” I protest. “I’m perfectly capable of looking after myself.”
Both vampires turn to me, giving me pointed looks. Okay, so the current situation does kind of imply that I can’t look after myself. But that’s more because I got distracted by them and not because I’m useless. At least, that’s what I’m going to keep telling myself. Hopefully I’ll start believing it at some point.
“We know,” Remus says. “But that doesn’t mean we don’t want to protect you too.”
“Hmm.”
The two men smile at me, clearly amused by my confusion. It’s not that I don’t believe them, I do. It’s more I’m not used to it being more than just me looking out for me.
“I need to get going, Ashryn,” Bram reminds me. “I have one more ch
