Free Renegade: Volume 2 by Ella Price

 
    I
hurried upstairs to my room. I slammed the door so hard my dresser and
everything on it rattled. I couldn’t believe I had let my feelings for Aubrey
get so out of control. I didn’t want to love a vampire. I didn’t want to even
be attracted to one. It was against everything I stood for, and everything I
had worked for. I liked my reputation as one of the most notorious hunters in
the area. I flopped down on the bed and looked at the ceiling. I had to come up
with a plan. I had the hunters to deal with, the renegades who thought I was
some savior, and then there was Aubrey. I didn’t know what to do about Aubrey.
I knew I couldn’t let him get hurt because I asked him to sign the truce. Going
after death marshals just wasn’t done, not by anyone.
    There
was a light knock on the door and it distracted me from my thoughts. I debated
even answering it. I really didn’t want to speak to anyone.
     “I
know you are in there Lily,” Luca said from the other side.
    “No
I’m not,” I growled making it clear I didn’t want company.
    He
tried the knob, and when it turned he opened the door and stepped in the room.
He crossed his arms and looked at me like he did when I was being unreasonable.
“What are you doing?”
    “Wishing
this nightmare would end,” I said dryly as I looked at the ceiling.
    “Are
you seeing him?” he asked accusingly.
    I
knew who ‘he’ was, and Luca was making sure I knew he didn’t approve. Luca
never approved so it was really nothing new. “No, I’m not,” I grumbled as I sat
up.
    “But
you want to see him right? I mean that is what this is all about right? He
signed the truce because you wanted him to right?” he asked sounding a little
angry.
    “You
mean his execution order? Ya that is my fault,” I said annoyed as I sat up.
    “Damn
it Lily, I didn’t want this entire thing to hinge on your love life. What
happens when your true self comes out and you tell him how much you despise his
kind? Are you looking to start an actual war?” he asked angrily.
    “He
knows how I feel. I was very clear with him,” I said glaring at Luca. He was
treating me like a child, and I didn’t like it.
    “Yes,
locking lips with him in front of everyone is clear as day to me,” Luca said
dryly.
    I
sighed and flopped back down on the bed. “That part was after I was clear. Did
you know about the death marshals?”
    “Yes,
I knew it was a risk. We are all taking a risks here; it isn’t just him,” Luca
countered.
    I
propped myself up on my elbows and looked at him. “What are we risking? What
could possibly be worse than the death marshals?”
    He
shrugged. “Everyone takes their own losses. It isn’t our fault that his kind
punish their people so severely for defiance.”
    “This
is my fault,” I muttered as I sat up and ran my hand through my hair. I had to
think of something, but it seemed impossible. I knew nothing about how the
vampires worked.
    “All
you did was convince him to do the right thing. He opened the door for other
vampires to develop relationships with hunters. You can thank him by not
squandering it and by helping make it work,” he said firmly.
    “That
sound like what I want to do,” I growled as I stood.
    “Doing
what is right doesn’t necessarily mean doing what is best for ourselves.
Sometimes we have to sacrifice.” He said it like it was no big deal. Aubrey was
just taking one for the team according to Luca.
    I
didn’t know why it made me so angry, but it did. “I am glad it is so simple for
you. Why don’t we send Kate to die, and then maybe you won’t feel the same
way,” I snapped.
    “He’s
a vampire Lily, get over it,” he growled angrily.
    I
looked at him a little stunned by his coldness. Luca was never cold like this.
He always cared about everyone no matter who or what they were. “Get out,” I
said quietly; then turned away.
    He
muttered something, then turned and left. I didn’t understand why everything
was suddenly so easy for