Chapter 66

A tense silence descended upon the two of us. I tried not to fidget, wanting to appear collected and cold. Even his presence mere feet from me was enough to set my nerve endings on fire. Raziel thankfully returned a moment later as the tea was brewing. He eyed us with an unreadable expression on his face before he sat on the armchair across from us. Gabriel wasted no time getting to the point. "So you got my message then," he said, somewhat abruptly. "I couldn't exactly miss it," Raziel said wryly, his eyes glimmering as if he had some sort of inside joke. Gabriel glanced at me out of the corner of his eye. "You told me to come here once the vampires showed up. Well, two of my pack members are dead," his voice had grown cold and monotonous as he spoke of the tragedy. My eyebrows rose; so Riley hadn't been the first? Raziel nodded, his expression turning solemn. "I'd hoped you wouldn't have to come find me. I thought there