Me. Leading a resistance against the Berkano vampires. I inhaled the words Hendry had just said to see if they fit within me, but I choked them back out on a laugh.

"Let me put this as delicately as possible," I said. "When I kicked you in the balls earlier, I did it too hard, as you well know. They must be rattling inside your head because I'm sorry, but what you're saying makes absolutely no sense."

He bit down on his lower lip, the slightest curl pinching the ...