He let that sit for a moment and watched Connor’s expression darken dangerously before he continued. “To say nothing of a chaos god who would love to use her to create a rift in our little world, or of Dmitri Voronoi, another Apex whose agenda is still very much unclear but who’d be crazy not to follow a golden scent when he catches it.” He paused, took a breath, and said, “And then there’s Victoria Grace herself. And the fact that her spells aren’t lasting like they should.” Just like your own feeding isn’t lasting like it should. Cain thought the words in Nathan’s head, and saw the recognition flash in the Apex’s eyes. Nathan hadn’t been certain that Cain could tell he was getting hungry.
But he was certain now.
“Time is of the essence,” Cain said. “So yeah, tread carefully.” He looked away, releasing Nate from his gaze to turn and head back toward his bike. “Just don’t fucking crawl,” he finished over his shoulder.
When he got back to his bike, swung his leg over, and looked up from the saddle, it was to find Nathan Connor looking at the ground and lost in deep thought. The hunger Cain had sensed in him earlier was still there. But it was tempered by strength.
Some of that strength was lent to him. Cain would always take care of his clansmen.
But some of it was just Nate. Cain trusted he would do what needed to be done. Nonetheless, the next few days and weeks would be interesting. Victoria Grace was so used to running and hiding, she was bound to turn rabbit at the slightest hint of Connor on her trail, no matter how down-wind of her he was. She would need to be tailed. And guarded.
With that thought, Cain’s attention turned inward. In his mind’s eye he saw a woman beyond the clean panes of a white window sill. He saw her stop in her tracks, lower her face to her hands in exhaustion and desperation, and he felt his eyes begin to glow once more.
He closed his eyes and shoved everything way the hell back down before he started up his bike and pulled away from the curb and the neighborhood.
The next few weeks were going to be more than interesting. There was a bad moon rising, and the coming days were sure to be nothing less than the perfect storm.
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