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Dakota. “Almost done.” His fingers drew symbols on her ankle as he started to chant again. Brody held her gaze as the pain melted into a dull ache.
    Dakota set her foot down and she blinked, breaking the connection to Brody. She looked down at Dakota.
    “Thank you.” She offered a weak smile.
    “ No problem.” He smiled pleasantly and moved to the loveseat.
     
    * * * *
     
    Brody badly wanted to punch Dakota for touching Fallon as much as he had, but he knew his friend wasn’t making a play at her. Christ, what the hell is wrong with me . He wasn’t the jealous type. Besides, she wasn’t interested in any of them.
    Hayden’s dark eyes bored into Brody. “Clint found the mess by Adam’s truck and took care of it before your brother saw anything. Can you tell me what happened, starting when you left the bar?” Hayden was a good friend, but he could be a real dick when he was working a case. This wasn’t the first time he’d been questioned like this.
    Brody hadn’t even considered what his brother might have thought if he found that mess. He was glad Adam didn’t see it.
    “Yeah. I left so I could run. I was stripping down when a woman tackled me by Adam’s truck. I didn’t realize she was a vampire until I saw her fangs when she bit me. I nearly wrenched her head off. She went down and I assumed she was dead. Other than Victoria, who never causes a problem, I’ve never dealt with another vampire.”
    He ran a hand through his hair. “A male vampire came at me before I could figure out what I should do. He was a hell of a lot faster than I expected, and dislocated my shoulder. I tore his arms off his body, and slammed his head into the pavement until his skull cracked open. I figured if I saw brains he was dead. I wasn’t sure what else to do, so I ran for Slater’s.” He shrugged. “I know we had a problem with the Dales scouting a month ago, but I thought it was over.”
    Brody would never forget the two scouting vampires stalking around town. At first everyone thought they were just checking Edenton out but they never approached anyone. Then they were prowling around his shop late one night. Hayden had stopped by to visit and saw the way the vampires were lurking. He whipped a giant glowing battle-axe out of nowhere and cleaved the vampires in half. No one had heard from the Dales since.
    “ We all thought they lost interest.” Slater scrubbed a hand through his beard. “We should have kept patrolling.”
    Jess shook her head and looked down at the ground. “I didn't have any visions to make me think they were coming back. I told him they had probably moved on.”
    “ Don’t blame yourself, Jess.” Slater sat down beside her, wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close.
    “ And then what, Brody?” Hayden prompted.
    Brody narrowed his eyes at him. “And I ran. I bolted into the street and slammed right into Fallon’s motorcycle. She healed me and took care of the vampires when they caught up.”
    “ How the hell did you run into a motorcycle?” Hayden asked incredulously.
    Jess snorted. “I’m betting Fallon was driving with her headlight out and a sound-dampening spell running, trying to avoid a ticket.”
    Well, at least Brody wasn't the one to tell Jess.
    Hayden’s eyes went wide as his gaze swung to Fallon. “You can do that?”
    “ I’m a druid. There are a lot of things I can do.” She raised a single eyebrow at the sheriff and drank the rest of her stew straight from her bowl. Brody loved the way she stared Hayden down when most people would cower.
    Dakota’s brow inched up in surprise. “You healed Brody, but you couldn’t heal yourself?”
    “ I have a better question,” Fallon interjected. “Why didn’t his vampire bites heal before he got to me?”
    Everyo ne looked at Brody. He shrugged. “Their fangs were coated in silver.” Wereanimals healed silver damage as slow as humans heal. Normal injuries healed in minutes, and things like breaks and