Viktor's smile vanished, replaced by a look of cold fury. The easy going, cosmopolitan vampire was gone, replaced by the ancient, predatory creature I knew him to be.
"You killed one of my most loyal allies," he said, his voice dropping to a dangerous growl. "An act of war. A crime for which you should have been put to death."
"And yet, here we are," I shot back, refusing to back down. "Sitting in a nightclub, sipping expensive drinks, and pretending to be civilized. Why is that, Viktor? Why haven't you come for me? For my family?"
"Because the alternative was worse," he said, his eyes boring into mine. "A full scale war between our kinds would have been a bloodbath. A slaughter that would have stained the earth for generations. Your husband, in his infinite wisdom, convinced me of that
