Before he could leave, Boaz grabbed his arm.
“Can we talk?” he asked.
“Not right now. I have a lot to deal with. I don’t need a distraction,” Alexander said. He gently removed Boaz’s hand from his arm and disappeared.
Chapter 29
Alexander
The noise was deafening, cheers echoing through the cavernous space as he appeared.
Alexander drew in icy air, his lungs burning as he forced himself not to think about Boaz. He had too much to do. He could not afford to get distracted, even though the pain in his chest threatened to drag him to his knees.
“Greer,” he called.
The noise cut off instantly as the vampires realized he was there. Greer waved them away, and within seconds the cave was empty except for the two of them.
“You’re back,” he said. “How did it go?”
Alexander grimaced.
“That bad?”
“Yes,” Alexander said, drawing in another. “The situation is far worse than we thought.”
He told Greer everything that had happened, including the possibility that he might have unknowingly infected others.
“But those incidents were accidents,” Greer said.
“We should be suspicious of everything,” Alexander said. “Blade believes the demons are behind the witches getting infected, and I can’t shake the feeling he might be right.” He exhaled sharply. “We should swing by the club and check every supernatural being in town. Make sure no one is infected.”
“You know that’s not going to be simple,” Greer said. “The families won’t allow us to barge into their homes.”
“I don’t care. This is bigger than us and our stupid politics,” Alexander said. “Get Darius and Micca. Meet me at the club. We’ll start there.”
He didn’t wait for a response. He disappeared and reappeared across the street in front of the club.
Standing in the shadows, he stared at the red and yellow lights above the entrance. The vampires lingering beneath them were not the same ones he had seen yesterday.
Did that mean they were infected?
Alexander hoped not.
“How do you want to do this?” Greer asked.
Alexander turned to face him. The vampire studied him carefully.
“May I speak frankly?”
“Go ahead,” Alexander said.
“Let me call a few of the elders in town and arrange a meeting, maybe…”
“We don’t have time for that,” Alexander interrupted, reaching for his sword. “And I’m not in a diplomatic mood.”
“Fuck,” Greer muttered under his breath as he followed him across the street.
The vampires on the other side saw them coming and rushed inside. Alexander moved quickly, jamming his foot into the door before it could slam shut. He shoved it open and stepped in.