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"You do realize most hunters don’t play nice with vampires"

"You do realize most vampires don’t allow hunters to live"

"Touché," Jeff grumbled

"Jeff, your father and I kept Austin safe froerous creatures over the last thirty years We worked very well together That is why you don’t have to spend your days trying to figure out where the latest nasty is hiding while trying to deteret to have a nice bookstore, go on ghost hunts, and occasionally deal with an ornery spirit You also get to dateand peaceful life If you’re going to live in my city and muddle in the affairs of the supernatural real with me is your best chance of survival Otherwise, I’ll ship you off somewhere else with your merry band of hunters and deal with this myself Santos and Etzli are brutal killers and it was only a matter of time before they ue was thick and he felt both irritated and weary of the conversation already

Jeff was very quiet on the other end, but Cian could hear hi va exhalation before Jeff answered "You’re right I’hed "Yeah, exactly"

Aarette Cian’s gaze tracked after her Her dark looks s on the situation

"I have one hed "Hitthe city"

"Are you shitting me?" Jeff’s voice raised an octave

"No, I’m not She may be ht be co to kill you She was The Summoner’s favorite!"

"I arily "So what do you need from me?"

"We’ll talk to your crew"

"Fine"

"I’ll see you toru up

A to kill us, Cian"

"We can’t know that"

"She’s up to no fucking good Did you hear the fear in Jeff’s voice?"

"Jeff is an unproven hunter He has yet towith fangs right now," Cian answered, shrugging

"Rachon loved The Summoner She loved hiawddamn head off and shove it up their ass"

Cian chuckled "Nice to know you love arette "My point is that she’s going to want our heads You can’t let her visit!"

"We need her," Cian said, shrugging

A the arlared at him "Don’t be stupid"

Cian couldn’t help but observe the swell of her breasts He didn’t want to deal with the business of ruling Austin He wanted to ravish her

"Ugh! Stop staring at e with one hand and swerved away fro, Cian watched her storm off "I have i around so loudly?"?"

A them in his direction One sailed over his head, the other nicked one of his co it Cian just smirked as she stormed around him barefooted

"My phone is toast! I need a new one Make Santos pay for it!"

"I’ Rachon first" Cian dialed his blood sister’s nus "Ah, you’re alive" She didn’t sound surprised, but also not necessarily pleased

"He sent weak henchmen It wasn’t much of a threat"

"She raised the dead far from any cemetery How did she do that?" Rachon asked

"Santos had so on us, I see," Cian said, not surprised at all

"Of course It was a test after all Now he knows she’s dangerous even away frorounds of the dead Next tiravated about the witch though Witches are so hard to come by"

"Then he shouldn’t have sent her"

"You used to always leave one person standing to deliver your nicely worded

"I didn’t feel charitable tonight Plus, I was a bit hungry"

Rachon laughed heartily "Ah,from The Su two of your people with you NoHe kne to deal with Rachon It was best to not allow her an inch fro

"Just two?" Rachon sounded annoyed