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Duke

"I'm going to kill every last one of them," I listened to Eugene seethe. He paced the living room, his eyes glowing red with anger. "I'll hunt every last rogue down and tear them to pieces myself. No one lays a hand on her," he spat.

None of us saw this coming, that makes this our fault. The trauma she went through, the pain she endured, and the terror she must have felt, is because we were negligent.

We know better than this. We just spent three years slaughtering rogues and attempting to eradicate them. We should have seen this coming.

Granted, this is the first time anyone's ever tried to stand against us. But the two young rogues went for the kill. Her. She's our weak spot.

When Lucifer said we needed to go now, my world stopped spinning. If we were minutes later, it would have been too late.

Seeing her on the ground, covered in some mutts blood, with bruises and puncture wounds in her neck made me want to kill. I've always been more civil than my clan mates. I believe in talking through conflicts, not fighting. But in that moment, and even now, I can't help but agree with Eugene.

I could have compelled her to forget- I should have. But it's wrong. The way she looked at Quin, Eugene, and Lucifer also has me worried. She looked terrified, seeing them kill those rogues. I know Elora doesn't understand what happened, and seeing the men who raised her do such a thing will haunt her.

"As far as I can tell, it was just the two boys," Theo announced as he and Lucifer entered the house. They ran the state line, checking for any traces of other werewolves.

Elora a been asleep for a few hours now, safe in Felix's arms. Felix got all the answers out of the one rogue before he killed him.

The two boys followed Felix home, and targeted Elora, knowing we're attached to her. It's a smart strategy for rogues.

"For now," I added. "They could have used their mind link to let others know. They know her name, what school she goes to, and where we live," I said.

"I agree. Our clan has been at the top of the food chain for thousands of years. Now that we have a known weakness, other vampire clans and werewolves will use that to their advantage," Lucifer sat in the chair across from me.

"It doesn't matter. Anyone who challenges us, we can easily win against," Quin dismissed.

"Unless they get to her again. Who's to say this won't happen again. If Lucifer wasn't able to read her mind, she would have been killed. We got very lucky," Dane commented quietly.

Eugene glared at Dane, "I say. I don't care if she never gets to leave the house again, over my dead body will I let anyone even close to hurting her," he spat.

Dane stood up, "That's your solution? Locking her up here?" He asked.

"If that's what it takes to keep her safe," Eugene matched Danes stance.

I rolled my eyes, "No one is locking her up. We let our guards down, we know not to make that mistake again. We're all on the same page, our goal is to stop this from happening again," I reasoned.

I heard movement upstairs and soon after Felix was joining us in the living room. "If another vampire or werewolf enters the state, we will monitor them. I agree with Dane, this was too close. We need to be more cautious. She doesn't know the threats that will come her way," he intervened. "We should count ourselves lucky that it was only two little ones."

I nodded. I hope this doesn't escalate. We can defend ourselves easily. Quin said it best, no one stands a change against us. But she's fragile. She's too kind and trusts people too easily.

Several minutes passed as we all pondered what happened. I almost lost her. I don't know how to exist in a world without her. I've always hated seeing her cry, and made it my goal to make her smile as much as possible. Today took a piece of her that she'll never get back.

Quin stood up, walking to the kitchen, "Do you think she'll wake up for dinner?" He asked.

"No," Dane responded. "Her life was threatened, she saw the rogues get torn to spreads, and she's a borderline germaphobe who got drenched in blood. That kind of trauma knocks people out," he explained like it's obvious.

Quin stopped my the door before turning back around. "She's not going to school for the rest of the week, not until we're absolutely sure she won't be in danger," he decided.

"Good luck telling her that," Theo scoffed.

I cocked my eyebrow. I know she's particular about her schedule, but I blunt she'd want to go back there so soon anyways.

I glanced at Lucifer, envious of him. He can hear her thoughts and feelings. I wish I knew how she felt about yesterday. I messed up and almost kissed her. I was being reckless and not thinking. She just looked so beautiful, it was impossible not to.

Maybe it's just my selfish mind playing tricks on me, but I think she looked disappointed when I left the library. "Lucifer," I started, not knowing how to phrase the question. I don't want to seem like a creep.

He looked up at me.

"You can read her thoughts," I paused. "What does she think?" I asked vaguely.

Lucifer stood up, "The sparks we all get when we touch her," he didn't answer my question, but I was intrigued.

We all feel the tingles? I widened my eyes, watching him as he began to walk up the steps. Felix, Dane, Eugene, Theo, and Quin were also listening closely. It looks like Lucifer is the only one who's figured something out. I was never going to say anything about the way she makes me feel or the tingles.

None of the rest of us knew about the others, that's clear from the surprised look we all share.

Lucifer looked over his shoulder and smirked, "She gets them too."

Okay last one for tonight! I drank two cups of coffee before I went to bed and can't sleep so... triple update lol. This ones short, and more of a filler chapter :)