Chapter 28

BENJAMIN

"The fuck are you doing here? You killed him, didn't you?" I asked, balling my fists by my side.

Ervin was the closest thing to a brother, and Nathaniel had killed him. I was filled with rage, but at the same time, I couldn't fault him. We'd attacked him first.

"Why not relax, Benjamin? You wouldn't be here if you didn't want us to meet you."

"Oh, so I can't visit a vampire brothel to forget about the loss I just suffered without it seen as me trying to gain an audience with you?"

"You weren't this uptight years ago," Nathaniel said, cocking his head to the side. He took a seat opposite me, his brothers, and a sorcerer I heard about from Ryker, standing guard behind him. They'd gained everyone's attention, but they didn't care about that.

"What do you want?" I asked, eager to get the conversation done and over with.

"Since you started sending you demons after Ayra and I, you've been the only one to incur a loss. You've lost several lair members, and I don't think your people w