Chapter 627: Vampire Threat

Sassafras wouldn't let me go off with Demetrius alone, scampering away to raise the alarm even as I hissed at him to come back. Within moments, Gram and Charlotte hovered next to me while Demetrius did a little hopping dance of frustration over the delay.

"Shenka." I met her eyes, saw her bend to scoop up Sassafras whose big amber eyes blinked slowly at me once.

I didn't have to say anything else.

"We'll hold the fort," she said. "And protect the family. No matter what."

Sassy's tail thrashed in agreement.

"Keep an eye on the Enforcers," I said. "They might try to push you. Don't let them."

She grinned, a nasty expression as Sassafras hummed a growl in the back of his throat. "Might be fun," she said. Trill giggled behind her hand before sobering.

"We'll distract them, if necessary." Her dark eyes glittered in the light of the single bulb illuminating the basement. "My brothers and I have had experience with evasion in the past." I just bet. "Good luck."

I could only imagine wh