I was glad, except for a small part of me that kept expecting him to come through the door. I'd only admitted it to myself seconds ago. Requiem stood and offered me a hand, but Nathaniel was on the other side, with his hand out. The two vampires had him down, but when they hesitated, one of them must have loosened their grip, just a fraction.
I didn't know how it would go, and it would probably get to the Supreme Court before all was said and done. A need so intense and so long denied that it was a kind of madness of its own. I tried to make a joke of it. My fight was waiting out there in the parking lot, leaning against the side of my Jeep.
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