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“It is a start,” Nathan agreed.
“And what if one of you turns Savage, what then?” Logan demanded.
Ronan pierced him with a remorseless stare. “They will be hunted as ruthlessly as any other Savage. Despite our bonds to one another, we all know that is the consequence of turning. Joseph will be located, he will be brought down, and I will be there to do it.”
“Iwill be the one to do it.” Nathan’s quietly spoken words were more forceful than if he’d bellowed them to the room.
Ronan had destroyed the prick who killed his parents; he would not deny another the opportunity for revenge, even if he knew it would bring no relief. “If it works out that way and you are there, then you will be the one to do it, but Joseph will be taken down the first opportunity we have to do so. It is necessary he is destroyed no matter who does it.”
Nathan’s hands fisted on the table. “Agreed.”
“I will also be there to see it, if it works that way,” Kadence said.
Nathan sat back in his seat as he gazed at Ronan in challenge. With that action, Ronan realized Nathan had acknowledged Kadence was now under his protection, but it was clear he didn’t approve of her being anywhere near the fight.
“Will you inform the other strongholds about the alliance we will be trying to forge here?” Ronan asked Nathan.
“Not right away. We will see how things play out before bringing them in. They haven’t reported an increase in Savage attacks or missing people from their locations. For now, it seems as if this growing threat is located here in the Northeast.”
“For now,” Ronan agreed. “I’m sure Joseph will be trying to establish more warehouses throughout the area in an attempt to expand. We will locate the other turned and purebred vamps he’s trained over the years and either bring them in or learn if they’ve also turned Savage.”
“How do you intend to find them?”
“We know where some of them are. For the others, we have a friend who may be able to help locate them.”
“Will this friend be joining in the fight?” Nathan inquired.
Five months ago, Brian would have happily jumped in to help kill as many Savages as possible, but it was unlikely he would now that he was mated. “He will aid us when he can.”
“I see. Can he locate Joseph?”
“Not recently, but he has a couple of times in the past, and so has Kadence and she may be able to do so again.” Nathan’s jaw clenched when he realized Ronan was telling him that he would not keep Kadence out of this. “On our way here, I called Brian and asked him to join us. He should be arriving shortly.”
CHAPTER 45
An hour later, Brian strolled into the room with their newest purebred recruit, Aiden, at his side. “Someone call some hookers so we can really make this a party,” Aiden drawled as he gazed at the brooding occupants of the room.
“That would make it a regular old fuck fest,” Lucien replied.
Aiden grinned at him as he hooked his fingers into his belt buckle. “Nice one.”
“I thought so.”
“Enough,” Ronan said. “Did you bring the things I asked for?” he inquired of Brian.
“Yes,” Brian replied.
He turned and walked back to the door. Ronan heard whispered voices before the door closed, shutting Brian’s mate on the other side. Brian walked over with a stack of folders and placed them before Ronan. The files had been moved from the training facility to the mansion with the rest of the recruits. Everyone moved closer as Ronan spread the folders across the table so that Brian could see the photos attached to the outside of each one.
He’d told Brian to leave behind the numerous files marked deceased and any over fifty years old. Joseph hadn’t taken over the running of the training facility before then. They may have to go through the older files eventually, but right now they had to concentrate on the vampires they knew Joseph had direct contact with.
“Which ones do we know where they are now?” he inquired and looked at each of his men.
Hands reached around him to pull out the files of those they would be able to locate without Brian’s help. He wasn’t entirely sure how Brian’s ability worked, but he suspected Brian needed to meet someone in person to locate them again. He didn’t think Brian would have met many of the unknowns remaining, but even one of them was one less that they would have to waste time trying to find.
“Which ones do you think you can locate, Brian?”
Brian studied the pictures before pulling out nearly a dozen files, more than Ronan had expected. “These.”
