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“Now go back toward the club and find a group of people to stand with. There is safety in numbers.”

“I will go back to the club and find a group of people to stand with because there is safety in numbers.”

Hudson watched the woman walk back. He glanced at Felix and grinned. Hudson had long, red hair and brown eyes. Felix had short, dark brown hair. They were both tall. He couldn’t tell the color of his eyes because they were currently red.

“Smart.”

Felix bowed his head slightly. “Thank you, King Hudson.”

A few seconds later, fire trucks and cop cars came screaming up to the club.

Hudson smelled Connie before he saw him. Connie stopped next to him and nodded to Felix.

“Connie, this is Felix, one of Raven’s vampires. Felix? This is my right hand, Sir Conrad. Felix was very helpful.”

“Hey, Felix. Thank you. I’ve noticed several of Raven’s people helping. Is everything okay?” Connie asked as they moved into the shadows.

“One hunter is dead. I’m not sure about the other there on the ground. He hasn’t moved since I threw him against the van. The others escaped,” Hudson said. “Anymore attempted kidnappings?”

“No, fortunately,” Connie said.

“That’s good to know,” Felix said. “King Hudson? Sir Conrad? I must take my leave now. I’m sure the human police are going to want to talk to Raven since he owns the place.”

“I did see a female vampire capture what I think was one of the hunters inside the club. Once everything calms down, will you ask Raven to update me on what happened, please?” Hudson asked.

“Absolutely. I didn’t know about that. Interesting.” Felix nodded to both of them, then walked back toward the club at a human speed.

“Making friends, are you?” Connie asked.

“Never can have too many,” Hudson joked. “But Felix was a great help. I do envy their ability to compel humans.”

“It would definitely be a nice talent to have,” Connie agreed. “But I’ll take being a dragon any day.”

“Can’t argue with that. We really are the best.” Laughing, Hudson threw his arm around Connie’s shoulders. “Come on, let’s go home. I’ve had enough excitement for the night.”

CHAPTER FOUR -CONNIE

THE NEXT evening, Raven contacted Hudson and updated him on what happened at the club. Connie was in Hudson’s office and overheard the conversation.

The hunter they’d nabbed in the club? Wasn’t actually a hunter. He was a human who’d smelled like a hunter because the two of them had gotten busy in the bathroom.

The hunter had rubbed himself all over the human, thus scent-marking him. Raven had questioned the human and found he’d just left the hunter in the bathroom when shit went down.

The human had not been harmed before they found out the truth. Of course, the poor human had to be compelled to forget the entire incident. Several of them had to be.

Cops found the dead bodies and had questioned Raven about them, not that they could tie the deaths to the attack on the club. It all seemed like a rather elaborate undertaking just to kidnap some people, not to mention Raven was now thoroughly annoyed.

The only good thing, if one could call it that, was that they had proof the hunters were still active in San DeLain even though Nox was dead, and two of the hunters had perished. Hudson had apparently killed the one he threw against the van.

Oh fucking well.

Hudson emailed the rest of the San DeLain leaders and updated them on what happened. Kage and Austin had already left for Greece on Hudson’s private jet, which included members of his court as the crew.

Before Kage had left, he’d reminded Hudson they needed someone to keep an eye on the human that Nox had attacked.

Seeing no sign that Hudson planned to stop working anytime soon, Connie ducked down to the kitchen and grabbed the plates of food left for them.

He made two trays consisting of the plates and some drinks and took them back to Hudson’s office, where he placed them on the conference table. It was dinnertime, and Connie was starving.

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