Tabitha eyed me with those wise eyes and held her finger to her lips in a shhh gesture. I swallowed hard and followed her gaze that traveled upward. Slow footsteps creaked on the wood above.
“Alphas.”
“Leave.” Derik’s gruff voice was so deep and low it almost had me bowing to it.
“Now is that any way to treat a guest? The swamp is neutral territory, we are breaking no laws,” the responding voice said, and it was much higher. It was pretty and smooth with a seduction to its wording.
I looked through the floorboards, where I could just see a black leather shoe and slacks. There was a red velvet cape covering the floor next to the tiny parting I was looking through, belonging to the vampire.
I didn’t believe there was only one, but it was the only one I could see.
It was powerful too; I
