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“Yeah, me too,” Josh said.
“I’m with you,” Phillip said.
“Even if you are friends with those hunters?” Dane asked, wanting to see how they would react.
“Hell, yeah,” Dillion said. “If any of us are turned—and we all know it can happen—we can’t become targets of our own kind. No matter who they are, we need to take them down.”
“I agree,” Phillip said. “Friendships are one thing, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that we’re all hunters at heart. Becoming a vampire doesn’t change that. I’m sorry that it happened to you, brother, but I guess you have some cool abilities now.”
“Yeah. Drinking the blood isn’t something I had signed up for, but I’ll tell you, having the other abilities is damn great,” Dane said.
“Can you communicate with other vampires telepathically?” Phillip asked.
“Yes.” Even communicating with the dead. Dane was thinking of Jacqueline.
“Okay, well, we’re here for you. Other than doing a neighborhood watch and making sure people who don’t live here are checked out, what else can we do to watch your back?” Josh asked.
Then there was another knock at the door. Dane laughed. “More neighbors or?—”
“More hired hunters,” Josh said.
21
When Dane went to the door, he smiled to see his brothers had arrived. He should have known they would pop in even though he hadn’t called them to come to his aid. “Come in, brothers. I’m having a neighborhood meeting.”
Everyone got up to welcome the brothers. Hell, Dane wondered how poor Jacqueline was doing. He hated that she had to hide from their neighbors. If his brothers were the only ones here, she could join them.
“They’ve implemented a neighborhood watch,” Dane said as his brothers took their seats in his living room.
“That’s great. If you wondered, Dane’s on that hunters’ list also and that’s why we’re here even though he said he felt he could handle it,” Matt said.
All heads turned in his direction. “I hadn’t exactly told them that part,” Dane said to his brothers. “Yeah, the League figures since I was courting Jacqueline, I’m the next one on their hit list.”
“But we don’t know who they are, do we?” Josh asked. “We’re taking them on if they do.”
“You would have to ask them. They’re not telling us anything.” Not that it was a total fabrication on Dane’s part. The League hadn’t told them about the hunters. The Van Helsing hunters had told them instead.
“If you need any of us to drop by and even stay over, let us know,” Phillip said.
“Thanks so much, man,” Dane said.
“That goes for all of us,” Josh said, affirming Phillip spoke for all of them there.
“Thanks,” Dane said again, then walked them to the door. As soon as they left, he closed it and found Jacqueline had joined his brothers in the living room. He was glad to see her smiling and giving them all hugs.
“We’re damn glad you’re all right,” Matt said. “Those hunters have a death wish.”
“We were lucky the human hunters were willing to warn us and not just take the money for the job. If they had been successful, I mean,” Jacqueline said.
“It’s horrible being dead, isn’t it?” Matt asked. “I really think the two of you should go to Bremerton’s compound. Jacqueline won’t have to hide, and we don’t have to worry about hitmen coming for you. We would stay here and take care of them if anyone showed up.”
“You just want to enjoy the swimming pool,” Dane said.
“Yeah, really. But if you’re completely against leaving, we want to stay with you as a contingency force,” Matt said.
“We’ll need to park your car in the garage then.” Dane knew his brothers were dead set on watching his back. If anyone thought to terminate him tonight, they most likely wouldn’t be prepared for Dane’s brothers to be there unless they saw their vehicle sitting out front.
Trey hopped up from the couch. “I’ll do it.” Once he had parked in the garage, he and the other brothers went out to grab their bags.
