An anomaly, as Ricky has put it. For some reason, the fact that I had both shifter and vampire blood was overpowering for the drugged shifters, and once they caught my scent when Terrence attacked me, their loyalty switched to me.

It is incomprehensible to me when I think about it, but Ricky was not surprised. Blood, as he told me, is a powerful tool and not to be underestimated.

With so much going on with Angie’s death, and the chaos that followed my father’s death, as well, Ricky simply ...