Free Hunter Reborn by Katie Reus

these little favors are going to add up, wolf.”
    Jayce snorted and stepped back. “She’s in the living room.”
    As he and his vamp friend entered the living room, both Kat and Cece looked up. Kat wasn’t surprisedbecause he’d told her what he was doing, but Cece’s dark eyes were confused.
    â€œAre you with the police?” she asked Niko, who looked like a biker, wearing beat-up jeans, scuffed shit-kickers, and an equally worn leather jacket.
    The vamp was over five hundred years old and had more money than some countries, but you couldn’t tell from the way he dressed.
    Niko covered the distance to her in the span of a heartbeat and knelt in front of her. As he did, Kat stood and stepped away.
    â€œI’m sorry for what you went through tonight, but I’m going to make it better. Okay?” he asked in that rough voice of his. It didn’t matter that he was a vamp and basically immortal, his voice would never change. Right before Niko had been turned his throat had been slit and had never healed properly during the change from human to vamp.
    Cece looked confused, but nodded.
    As Niko talked to her, Kat hurried to Jayce’s side.
You trust him?
she asked telepathically.
    With my life.
That wasn’t something he said lightly or about many people. Which explained Kat’s raised eyebrows.
    You could have gone a little easier on her,
she chastised.
    He shrugged and wrapped an arm around Kat’s shoulders. He wasn’t used to being soft with anyone, except her. For her he’d do damn near anything.
That’s why you’re here.
    Rolling her eyes, she nudged him with her elbow.
What do we do now?
    Go home, get some sleep, and in a few hours we’ll hunt down Cece’s friends. I don’t think they’re involved, but it’s a possibility.
    Kat frowned and looked back at the human and Niko. Niko was staring deeply into her eyes and scrubbing her recent memories.
What about Cece?
    Niko will stay and watch over her in case she wasn’t randomly targeted.
Unlike a lot of vamps, Niko actually liked humans. For all his rough exterior, the ancient vamp was oddly protective of the physically weaker species. It was one of the reasons Jayce respected him.
    If you trust him, I trust him.
Kat leaned into Jayce, wrapping her arm tighter around him.
    The feel of her lush body against his was something he’d never tire of. A few months ago he hadn’t thought it possible for him to have the life he wanted with the female he wanted more than his next breath. Some days he was terrified he was going to wake up and find out this was all a dream. Or that she’d be targeted by one of his enemies. That was something he simply had to live with. Luckily he was strong and so was she. His female could take care of herself if push came to shove. And he’d continue to keep training her every day to make sure she never lost that edge.
    He’d seen firsthand what happened to a male when he lost his mate. His own brother, who he hadn’t heard from in hundreds of years, had lost his pregnant mate to a feral coyote. It had been bloody and horrifying. His brother had gone crazy, attacking Jayce in a fit of rage. Jayce had let him because he’d known the male was suffering worse than any physical pain could inflict.He’d stopped his brother only because he hadn’t wanted to go blind, but now he was scarred, a reminder of all his brother had lost and what Jayce could lose too. Hell, he didn’t even know if his brother was alive. Some days he thought about searching for him, but fuck it. If he wanted to find Jayce, he could. His brother was the one who’d left all those years ago, turned his back on Jayce, the only family he’d had.
    At a buzzing sound, Kat reached into her front pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She snorted and held it out for him to see.
    If u 2 don’t have curfews neither should I! Where r u?
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