With my heart lodged in my throat, I whipped around, but Hendry still clung to the wall, seemingly whole. Relief eased through my chest as I followed his gaze straight down.

The powerful vampire stood below us, half his body angled away from the road while his gray eyes, silver in the moonlight, zeroed in on something I couldn't see. Without looking, he plucked something from his shoulder - a bullet, I realized.

"Now that I have your attention, I have a question ...