"If it isn't the devil himself," Deric said, his eyes glazing over in the way they normally did when he was prepared to attack. I had seen it before, back in the club when he had almost bitten me. I could see that he was bracing himself to intervene if something went wrong. Fear sat heavily inside me; if Deric was this alert about Silas, then something must be very wrong.
"I asked you a question," Silas said, narrowing his eyes at the other vampire. "What are you doing here?"
"Searching for any humans that might have been left behind. We still need them, all of them."
"You know very well that there are no humans left behind. Your father was in charge of that aspect. But I did notice your absence; it makes me curious where you’ve been—or why you reek of human."
"Where I was is none of y
