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Jacqueline squeezed Dane’s hand. “They are so sweet to do this.”
“You know they’re doing this mostly for you, to show you how chivalrous they are.”
She laughed.
Then the brothers entered the house from the garage and headed up the stairs to the rooms they had stayed in before.
“They seem to be used to staying at your place,” she said.
“Yeah. We have pool parties, and they bring the steaks, we take turns grilling and preparing the meals and drinks. Then they just stay the night. We do it for holidays, but also after successful multiple vampire hunts to let off some steam.”
“And tonight?”
“If they brought extra steaks with them…” Dane said.
Matt returned to his car and brought in bags of groceries. “We’ve got it covered.”
“What happened with your date?” Dane asked.
“Uhm, well, I told her you were in danger, and I needed to be there for you. She totally understood, I think,” Matt told him.
“You could have had your date first and just let Trey and Ryan join us first” Dane was glad they had brought some more food. He was certain he didn’t have enough for all of them to eat for an extended period of time.
“No, family comes first. We can go on grocery runs for us,” Matt said.
“We can grab some food from my house too,” Jacqueline said. “I should have thought of it when you picked up Princess and my clothes.”
“You and I can do it as vampires whenever we want to.” Dane knew they couldn’t just drive over there in case anyone was watching. To get the cat, sure. But once that was done, that was it.
Tobias called Dane then and he put the call on speakerphone. “Hey, what’s up?”
“The hunters are either on the run, hiding out, or doing a job somewhere. But they are not at their homes or anywhere that they regularly hang out,” Tobias said.
“So they could have gotten the word that hunters are closing in on them to take them in for questioning,” Dane said.
“Yeah. They’ll have friends who aren’t part of the plan to terminate you and Jacqueline, but they’ll still give them a place to hide if that’s what they’re doing. I suspect they’re not out hunting.”
“Can you learn who they have on their lists to hunt?” Dane asked.
“We found the police departments they were working for,” Tobias said. “It will take a while to learn where the rogue vampires are that they’re supposed to be targeting but—hold on, got another call.” Then he continued. “So two of the vampires they were supposed to be after have been terminated. Eight others are on their lists.”
“When did they terminate the other two vampires?” Jacqueline asked.
“Four days ago. So it was before they targeted you, Jacqueline,” Tobias said.
“Well, my brothers are here to stay with us for the time being,” Dane told him, wanting Tobias to know they had backup just in case.
“Good. I’m glad to hear it. Adonis, Zachary, Pasha, Michael, and Danai were planning to join you if you didn’t have anyone there with you. The human hunters have settled in here, so everything’s good as far as that goes.”
Then Jacqueline got a call on her phone and fumbled with it. As soon as she looked at the caller ID, she saw it was Anne from the therapy group. “I’m supposed to be dead. You answer it,” she said, handing the phone to Dane. But then the call ended.
Then Dane got a call from Anne. “Hey, I’ve been out of state and just saw what happened to Jacqueline. I called her, just not believing she could be dead. But since she didn’t answer, I guess I have to realize it’s the truth. We have more problems though. I’m calling for a meeting tonight to discuss this. The Bremertons are back in town, and I called them to come to the meeting. Do you know Adonis, Danai, and Zachary?”
“Yeah, they’re friends of mine. Same location? What time?” Dane asked.
“Fifteen minutes, same location. I believe all of us are targets. I’ve called Stacey and the others who didn’t come to the last meeting that we had.”
“See you in a few minutes, Anne,” Dane said.
