Page 46 of Loup Garou

“Linds, is something wrong?”

“No. Don’t be silly. What could be wrong?”

“Oh, this and that,” a male voice said from behind us.

Turning slowly, I found myself staring into a pair of grey eyes. Their owner was my height and extremely pale. His white-blond hair hung to his shoulders. He smiled and I caught the hint of a fang. “Lindsay, how good to see you again.”

Again?I didn’t know the vampire but apparently, he knew me.

“Is this a friend of yours?” Exavier asked.

The vampire smiled, waiting for my answer. Patting Exavier’s hand, I nodded. “Mmm-hmm, do you think you could do me a favor? Could you leave a message for the Willows party? Tell them that I’m running late and can’t wait to see what their surprise is. Make sure they know how much Ilovemeeting new people.” If my father didn’t catch on that something was wrong with that message, he never would.

Exavier nodded. “Sure. I’ll see you later then?”

“Mmm-hmm.”

Probably being carted out in a body bag but hey, it counts.

Exavier headed towards the entrance and I took a deep breath as I stared at the vampire before me. He smiled wickedly at me. “That was avery good girl, Lindsay. I thought I might have to kill your date as well as you. Even I tire of needing to dispose of so many humans.”

“Who are you? I’m positive I don’t know you.”

He shrugged. “That is not important. All I wish to know from you is the identity of the dark prince.”

I stood still, keeping my power near the surface and masking it from the vampire. “Why does everyone think I know the identity of this prince guy?”

He laughed and waved a hand of dagger-like nails at me. “Do not play games with me, Lindsay. You are his mate, his chosen one. You know who he is. Tell me.”

“No.”

The vampire appeared taken aback by my stance. “What?”

“I said no.”

“Do you wish to die?”

I bit my lower lip to keep from either laughing or crying. At the moment it was a toss-up. “That’s a rhetorical question, right?”

“You have a smart mouth for a mortal woman. I shall enjoy cutting your tongue from it.” Taking a tiny step towards me, he licked his fangs for show. “Tell me what I wish to know or I will unleash my legion of demons on you.”

I snorted. This guy was full of shit. I, for one, wasn’t feeling like dealing with his crap too. I’d have enough to deal with when I got to my mother. If I got that far tonight. “Since when did three shifters become a legion?”

He froze. “How is it you know this, human?”

“Mmm, going out on a limb here but I’m thinking I’m not as human as somebody told you I was. And let me just say that the last thing I want to do is get my hair wet right now, so don’t go pissing me off. Bad weather tends to follow.”

Laughing, he took another step towards me. “You are terrified. I can smell it.”

“Yeah, and you’re dead. I can smell that too. Now that we have that out of the way, tell my why you want to know who the prince is?”

He snorted. “Simple, to challenge him and win is a great honor. Defeating him puts one in a position to rule.”

“If you think you’re powerful enough to take on the prince, why is it you need me to tell you who he is?”

Narrowing his grey eyes, the vampire snarled. “I grow tired of talking to you, woman. I shall kill you and then the date you seemed all too willing to keep out of harm’s way.”

“No you won’t.” It was childish, but completely called for.

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