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Tohr&039;s first ied at all He was still big enough to be a Brother, with hair so dark he made V seem like a blond And his clothes were, as always, forey as ever, his stare shrewd and hooded seeing too much, capable of too much

Another fine addition to the continent

Not

The aristocrat suessing that&039;s Wrath in therespect," V snapped

"Compliments are the condi theet in the way - "

Wrath de so fast they ers, the king growled low "Watch your mouth, son Or I&039;ll make it impossible for you to throw any more bullshit around"

Assail stepped back, his eyes narrowing like he was reading Wrath&039;s vital statistics "You&039;re not like your father"

"Neither are you Unfortunately"

As V shut the door, Assail went for his inside pocket - and iun muzzles pointed at his head As he froze, his eyes went froar"

"I&039;d do it slowly if I were you," Wrathyou where you stand"

"Good thing we&039;re not in lanced over at V "You sure you want to do this here in the round out

"Window phobia?"

"You were about to light up," Wrath said "Or get lit up How about we solve that one first and then talk about your sieve of a house"

"I like the view"

"Which could be rave," V announced as he nodded at the guy&039;s disappeared hand

Cocking a brow, Assail pulled out a long Cuban, and made a point to show it to everybody Then he went into a side pocket, took out a gold snipper, and held it up to his well-arallery

"Anyone care to join ly unconcerned that his head was still in the crosshairs

After a couple of puffs, he said, "So I want to know so like that," V muttered

"Is that why you finally called me?" Wrath asked

"Yes, it is" The vaar back and forth between his thu the laws concerning co to the side, Tohr did a flash scan of what he could see of the rest of the house - which wasn&039;trooh the empty rooms, he refocused

"No," Wrath said "Provided the business stays under the radar, you can do what you want What kind of commerce are you in"

"Retail"

"Of what?"

"Does it , I&039;s or women" Wrath frohen there was no reply "So which one is it"

"Wo shit is tough to keep under the radar"

"Not the way I take care of things"

V piped up "So you&039;re the reasonthemselves in alleys"

"No co this up now?"

"Let&039;s just say I&039;ve run into one too many interested parties"

"Be more specific"

"Well, one of them&039;s about six feet tall Brush-cut dark hair Name rhymes with sex, and her body&039;s built for it"

Oh, no, you didn&039;t, Tohr thought -

The hiss that caht everyone&039;s head around And what do you know, the guy&039;s eyes were trained on Assail as if, at least in histheyour pardon," Assail drawled "I didn&039;t know you were acquainted with her in sorowled on behalf of his son - even though they were estranged "He&039;s a fuck of a lot more than just acquainted So you can blow that speculation out your ass - and while you&039;re at it, stay away from her"

"She was the one who came to me"

Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat That went over like a lead balloon -

Before shit got out of hand, Wrath held up his palive a fuck what you do with hued, you&039;re on your own"

"What about our species interfering with my commerce"

Wrath s absolutely no hu your territory already? Guess what You can&039;t have what you can&039;t keep"

Assail inclined his head "Fair enough - "

The shattering of glass sounded out behind the tie, Tohr went airborne, his et: Wrath

As a rat-tat-tat-tat-tat spray of bullets hit the back of the house, he tackled the king to the floor, covering his brother with asAssail, likewise hit the ground and shuffled for cover against various walls

"My lord, are you hit?" Tohr hissed in Wrath&039;s ear as he hit send on the text alarroaned response

"Lie still"

"You&039;re all over "

Tohr twisted his head around to eyeball where everybody was V was all about Assail, his hand locked on the guy&039;s throat, his weapon tight on their host&039;s temple And Qhuinn and John were back-flatted on either side of where they&039;d co the outside as well as the entryway into the kitchen

The cold breeze coh the broken pane in the door did not provide any particular scent, and that proved who it was: Slayers would have stunk up the place given that both the prevailing wind and the shot came from the north

It was Xcor and his Band of Bastards

But cole shot had to have coh those fucking panes in the door - and it had been a long while since the Lessening Society had shown any finesse in their attacks

"You were supposed to keep thisprivate, vampire," V said in a deadly tone

"No one knows you&039;re here"

"Then I&039;ll assume you ordered an assassination all by your loneso to shoot the ht now

Assail kept it cool, squaring off at the Brother so that the gun muzzle was now pointed at the center of his forehead "Fuck you - that&039;s why I wanted to do this out in the living roolass out there, asshole And PS, I&039;m hit, you fool"

The ht hand, the one that had been holding the cigar

"So maybe your friends have bad aiet, too - "

More bullets sprayed the back of the house, finding their way in through the cutout in the door Fucking hell, therainst the New York winters, but it didn&039;t do shit to stop Re?" Tohr whispered in Wrath&039;s ear as he checked his phone for a response from his other brothers

"Fine You?" Except the king coughed and, s

He was bleeding so fast as a gasp, Assail slipped out of V&039;s hold, and streaked across the back of the e "Don&039;t shoot! I&039;ve got a car you can take hihts in the house"

As everything went dark, Vishous de his face into the tile "I&039; to kill you now - "

"No," Wrath ordered "Not until we knohat&039;s going on"

In the shadows, V grit his teeth and glared at the king But at least he didn&039;t hit the trigger Instead, he put his rowled, "You better think twice before you go for any exits again"

"Then do it yourself" This calanced over at Tohr, the pair of theave a subtle nod, the other brother cursed then reached up and popped open the garage door The auto couar A Spyker A black Mercedes And a black van with no side s