Page 63 of Bound by Vengeance
Nathan had debated telling Asher to bringLogan too, but he didn’t know how Logan would react to seeingKadence again, and Ronan had warned him to keep Logan away fromher. If Logan said or did anything Ronan didn’t approve of, thevampire would kill him without regret.
“What is going on here?” Ronan demanded.
“That’s what I’d like to know,” Ashersaid.
Nathan turned back to where Vicky remainedhalf hidden in the shadows of the house. Slipping outside, shethrew her shoulders back as she sauntered toward them, faking anindifference she didn’t feel.
“Vicky?” Kadence blurted.
“Holy shit,” Asher muttered.
“What is going on here?” Lucien demanded.“And what happened to your face?”
Killean remained blank faced as he leanedagainst the vehicle while Declan unwrapped a lollipop and slid itinto his mouth. Vicky stopped a few feet behind Nathan.
“What happened to you?” Ronan demanded ofher.
“I’m fine,” she said.
“Didhedo that?” Lucien asked andthrust a finger at Nathan.
“Of course not,” Nathan growled.
Lucien’s eyes sharpened on him. “Are yougoing to tell me you’ve never attacked a vampire before?”
Hostility radiated between them as Nathanstepped closer to Lucien. “I have, and I’ll attack more of them,”he promised.
Lucien’s lips curled into a sneer, andNathan’s hands fisted at his sides as hostility crackled betweenthem.
“He didn’t do this to me!” Vicky interjectedand rushed forward to shove herself between the two of them beforethey killed each other.
“Don’t!” Nathan snarled. He grabbed Vicky’sarm and pulled her behind him as he repositioned himself betweenher and Lucien.
A moment of stunned silence descended beforeRonan cleared his throat.
“Are you okay?” Ronan asked her.
“Yes,” Vicky replied.
“I think it’s time for an explanation,” hesaid to Nathan.
“Vicky has been helping me look for Josephand following a lead she might have,” Nathan stated, his gazeremaining on Lucien.
“What kind of lead?” Ronan asked Vicky.
“Some vampires I know who reside outside theboundaries of normal society. They’re not a threat to any of us,”she said. “They live a simple life where they prefer to be leftalone, and I’d like to respect that.”
“They’re not a threat to humans, hunters, orvampires,” Nathan agreed. “There’s no reason to involve them anyfarther unless it becomes necessary.”
“And how did you two start workingtogether?” Kadence asked.
Nathan gave her an abridged version of howthey started working together. He didn’t go into details abouttheir relationship, but he knew they all read at least partiallybetween the lines.
“I see,” Ronan murmured. “So when yoursiblings returned home, you saw it as an opportunity to do whatthey’ve been keeping you from?” he asked Vicky.
“Yes.” She felt no remorse over it.
“You could have been killed.”
