Chapter 123

Raymond growled. “The ones who turn them have no idea how to train them. If it had been done correctly…” As it was in his day? I bit my lip to keep the words between my teeth. “…none of tonight’s events would have occurred.” Satisfied the day watcher was okay, Raymond turned back to me. “Why are you shivering?”

“It’s chilly in here.” The night was humid, but I’d left the air on in the bungalow all day. Or maybe it was because everything that had happened today. “Aren’t you cold?”

“Of course not.”

Of course, of course not. Vampyres didn’t feel heat or cold.

“Never mind.”

“Up,” Raymond commanded.

“Huh?”

“Your T-shirt. I want to see.”

“I’m fine.”

“Let me be the judge of that.”

It was my turn to scowl, but I yanked up my T-shirt and waited stiffly for him to run his fingertips over my ribcage as he’d done with Ekaterina. Instead, he just studied my torso. I peered over the shirt, but all I could see was a reddened stretch of skin.