A swift kick knocks Eric to the ground. Maybe I should feel bad about it, but he needs to learn to defend himself, particularly as he"s insisting on actually doing something in our fight against the guild. Maybe I should try talking to Dimitri again, about leaving him behind to do something a little different. But somehow, I don"t think the vampire leader will go for that one. He seems to think Eric will have a place in what"s to happen. Times like this, I"m not so sure. "Was that really necessary, Ashryn?" Remus chuckles along with his words, and I throw him a dirty look over my shoulder. He shouldn"t be in here. I know he doesn"t like Eric, and for some reason, doesn"t trust the other man around me as much as he should, but that doesn"t mean I need a babysitter. If Eric does so

