Your brother? That beast you cal ed Voltan? Maison?”
“No one. It was just a thought.” Daemon finished his salmon.
The vampire was so infuriating, Tezra bit back the urge to slug him. “Why the hel did you bring it up then?”
“It was an option. But…” He shook his head. “It wouldn’t work.”
“Why did you say it would work then, if it wouldn’t?”
“I doubt it’s ever been tried before. Beyond that, the matter of turning you isn’t a good idea.” He reached for her plate. “Done with your food?”
“Turning me isn’t a good idea, why?” Not that she wanted to be turned, but what did he think? That she’d make a lousy vampiress? That being with her was too risky?
He grabbed her wrist just as she sensed a vampire lurking near the house. “You’l return to the bedroom, then I must take care of other business.”
Chapter Six
Tezra attempted to jerk free from Daemon’s grip, but he moved her in his vampiric way before he released her in his bedroom again.
“You know you’re infuriatingly control ing, Daemon. Don’t you ever drag me off like that again. And what the hel do you mean by saying turning me wouldn’t be a good idea?”
The fire in her emerald eyes, and her words, amused him. He gave her a sinister smirk. “So now you want to be turned?”
“Of course not.”
“That’s why it wouldn’t work.” Daemon sensed the vampire who had arrived had vanished again and assumed Krustalus had his own people checking out his safeguards, looking for weak links, a place that would afford him the opportunity to get to Tezra. Daemon opened the patio door and motioned for her to join him on the balcony for some fresh air. Her skin had become so pale, he was certain his suggestion to turn her was making her il , which hadn’t been his intention.
No matter how much he’d thought about it, he couldn’t come up with a better solution. Except he’d vowed never to turn another woman for as long as he lived. Despite this, he couldn’t al ow anyone else to change her, to control her or to force her to be his mate. On the other hand, he assumed the guilt she felt concerning her sister would never be appeased until she set her sister free and the SCU found her parents’ murderer accountable.
Which meant Daemon was damned if he helped her and damned if he didn’t.
“If you turned me, what would the consequences be for you?” she asked softly, looking out at the vista.
Her question stunned him. He understood her agonizing over her sister, the kil er, the effects being turned would have on her emotional y and physical y. Not in a mil ennium would he think she’d be concerned about the impact it would have on him.
“I’m not sure what you mean.”
She looked at him with a questioning gaze. “Except in Bernard’s case, I’ve heard vampires would rather die than turn a member of the SCU who targets vampire renegades.”
“True.” Daemon wasn’t going to deny it.
“Then your people wouldn’t be happy with you.”
Personal y, there was more at stake for him than that. “Changing you isn’t feasible.” He rested his arms against the railing and looked in the direction of the evergreen forest that framed his backyard, the peace and tranquility only an il usion. Beyond the forest he knew renegade vampires were planning some kind of mischief. “I’l find the evidence you need and take care of Krustalus.”
“What about my sister?”
“When I take Krustalus into custody, she’l be able to verify it’s him and seeing him as a menace no longer, maybe she’l get wel .”
“Renegade vampires can’t be taken into custody. They’d just, poof , vanish. And if you terminated Krustalus first, he’d be a pile of ashes, and there would be nothing left for Katie to identify.” She shook her head. “In any event, she’s been traumatized enough. It wouldn’t work. And you know it.”
He knew it, and that was the point he was trying to make. He couldn’t think of any other
“No one. It was just a thought.” Daemon finished his salmon.
The vampire was so infuriating, Tezra bit back the urge to slug him. “Why the hel did you bring it up then?”
“It was an option. But…” He shook his head. “It wouldn’t work.”
“Why did you say it would work then, if it wouldn’t?”
“I doubt it’s ever been tried before. Beyond that, the matter of turning you isn’t a good idea.” He reached for her plate. “Done with your food?”
“Turning me isn’t a good idea, why?” Not that she wanted to be turned, but what did he think? That she’d make a lousy vampiress? That being with her was too risky?
He grabbed her wrist just as she sensed a vampire lurking near the house. “You’l return to the bedroom, then I must take care of other business.”
Chapter Six
Tezra attempted to jerk free from Daemon’s grip, but he moved her in his vampiric way before he released her in his bedroom again.
“You know you’re infuriatingly control ing, Daemon. Don’t you ever drag me off like that again. And what the hel do you mean by saying turning me wouldn’t be a good idea?”
The fire in her emerald eyes, and her words, amused him. He gave her a sinister smirk. “So now you want to be turned?”
“Of course not.”
“That’s why it wouldn’t work.” Daemon sensed the vampire who had arrived had vanished again and assumed Krustalus had his own people checking out his safeguards, looking for weak links, a place that would afford him the opportunity to get to Tezra. Daemon opened the patio door and motioned for her to join him on the balcony for some fresh air. Her skin had become so pale, he was certain his suggestion to turn her was making her il , which hadn’t been his intention.
No matter how much he’d thought about it, he couldn’t come up with a better solution. Except he’d vowed never to turn another woman for as long as he lived. Despite this, he couldn’t al ow anyone else to change her, to control her or to force her to be his mate. On the other hand, he assumed the guilt she felt concerning her sister would never be appeased until she set her sister free and the SCU found her parents’ murderer accountable.
Which meant Daemon was damned if he helped her and damned if he didn’t.
“If you turned me, what would the consequences be for you?” she asked softly, looking out at the vista.
Her question stunned him. He understood her agonizing over her sister, the kil er, the effects being turned would have on her emotional y and physical y. Not in a mil ennium would he think she’d be concerned about the impact it would have on him.
“I’m not sure what you mean.”
She looked at him with a questioning gaze. “Except in Bernard’s case, I’ve heard vampires would rather die than turn a member of the SCU who targets vampire renegades.”
“True.” Daemon wasn’t going to deny it.
“Then your people wouldn’t be happy with you.”
Personal y, there was more at stake for him than that. “Changing you isn’t feasible.” He rested his arms against the railing and looked in the direction of the evergreen forest that framed his backyard, the peace and tranquility only an il usion. Beyond the forest he knew renegade vampires were planning some kind of mischief. “I’l find the evidence you need and take care of Krustalus.”
“What about my sister?”
“When I take Krustalus into custody, she’l be able to verify it’s him and seeing him as a menace no longer, maybe she’l get wel .”
“Renegade vampires can’t be taken into custody. They’d just, poof , vanish. And if you terminated Krustalus first, he’d be a pile of ashes, and there would be nothing left for Katie to identify.” She shook her head. “In any event, she’s been traumatized enough. It wouldn’t work. And you know it.”
He knew it, and that was the point he was trying to make. He couldn’t think of any other
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