Page 6 of Her Silent Knight

“Sorry, witch. I can’t kill this one.”

“He’ll just come after me again.”

“He won’t. I’ll make sure of it. Normally, you don’t like it when we kill the agents sent by The Deciders. Why do you want this one dead?”

“I mean, I don’t want him dead. But, you can at least rough him up a little. Take him to the brink of death and leave him there. Otherwise, he’ll only return again.”

“Let me handle it.”

“No. Not this time. This is a creature you’ve made a deal with. I don’t trust you to take care of him. I’ll handle this one myself.”

“That’s not a good idea...”

“There’s a conflict of interest here, Rhen. I need this male to be taught a lesson. Just like the others were taught a lesson. That’s the only way to keep him from coming after me again. Because of the deal you’ve made with him, you’re unable to teach him a lesson for me, right?”

“I’ll make sure he stays away and...”

“But you won’t be able to harm him, right?”

“He’ll stay away, witch.”

“Answer the question, vampire.” There was that tick in his jaw again.

“Right,” he finally admitted. “I’m unable to harm this one because of the truce I have with him.”

Sin nodded. “Very well. I’ll take care of this one myself.”

“I can’t let you do that.”

“For three CC’s of blood, I’m sure you can let me do that. In fact, for three CC’s, I’m sure you’re willing to give me and this agent a ride back to my place, right?”

Rhen licked his lips. “Three, instead of two?”

“Yep, three. That should keep you and your vamps fed for a while.”

“As long as we only add a few drops of it to our normal blood stash, we should be okay for a while.”

“Do we have a deal?”

“You can’t tell him that we transported him to your place.”

“I won’t.”

“And you can’t kill him.”

“You have a deal with him. I don’t.”

“Witch, killing isn’t your style. Don’t let this place turn you into someone you’re not.”

He’d been telling her that for the past two years. She’d come close to killing a few times. The bandits had always pulled her back and did the dirty work for her. Sin gripped her red scarf and stared down at the agent.

“I won’t kill him. I just want to ask him a few questions.”

“Why? You know who sent him? You know why they sent him. What could you possibly want to ask this shifter?”

“That’s between me and this shifter.”

“Stubborn ass witch. Fine. I’ll return him to your place in exchange for three instead of two CC’s of the good stuff.”