I've always been hot tempered. It was so hard not to lunge across the table at Erica, my body trembling with the effort. My vampire held me still while Shaylee whispered a dig I could offer instead.

I grinned, tight and furious. "That's okay, Erica," I said. "You have your little moment of victory. While my family found a place where we can be safe and not be harvested by the Brotherhood for our power." Maybe it was stupid to tell her, but it ...