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course they’d take you back. Caden Reece, golden boy.” He spat. Then abruptly he let go of me , and I fell on my butt into the dirt. I had spent too much time on my toes, but I was very happy to be able to breathe again.
          My father stepped around Tameron , blade still held high. What did he mean , condemned ? I was so confused. I got up and stood behind my dad, feeling a little safer.    Dayton Tameron put his ha nds up in a submissive gesture. W ell as submissive as so mething with claws and fangs could get. He didn’t look at my father . H is eyes were all for me. He mouthed ‘later’ at me. Then he s tepped into the shadows behind him and disappeared. Fuck I didn’t know he could do that eit her. I was so out of my league and scared shitless .
         The crowed watched us all open-mouthed. Excite d whispers reached my ears as dad hustled me to the jeep so quickly I nearly fell , twice. We rode home in silence. Which was good ; because I didn’t really know what to s ay. My dad radiated anger , and I was full of questions.
      My dad knew Dayton Tameron? Why hadn’t he hunted the Vamp ire down and killed him yet? Why did he go after all other Vamp ires with a singular purpose but failed to swing at Tameron tonight? My head hurt . I put it down to way too much time without oxygen.
          He pulled into the g arage.  “How bad is your throat? ” T he bright fluorescent garage lights came on. He was studying my throat from where he sat. The garage smelled like laundry detergent and fabric softener.
         I was feeling pretty good considering I’d been picked up by the throat . I should at the very least be having some difficulty swallow ing but I felt fine. “It’s okay, ” I said genuinely surprised . I touched my thro at with my hand to try to feel some external sign of the assault.
        Dad raise d an eyebrow. “Let me see, ” he demanded , tilting my chin and glaring at my throat . I leaned my head back and moved my hand away so he could get a good look at it. He leaned over me his hair tickled me. “No bruising, ” h e made a confused expression .
         “Yeah I think I’m alright, ” I certainly didn’t expect to be alright . What else did you say when your father was towering over you looking for evidence of your run in with the city’s most dangerous Vamp ire ?
         He touched my throat carefully. “You shouldn’t be,” he whispered roughly . “You should be de ad.” H e ran his hand though his hair, which was a sure sign he was aggravated. “He’s almost killed me twice , and I’m a full Ao D.” If I hadn’t known better , I would have thought my dad was pissed at me for being okay . I hadn’t known Tameron had nearly killed him . When had that happene d? I had lots of questions , but he pulled me to him and held me tight. All the air left me in a big whoosh . I t seemed to be my night for asphyxiation. “You are so vulnerable now. Two more months , and I won’t have to worry like this .” He wasn’t talking to me, and I knew it , so I just held him back, you know one of those moments where you know you are truly loved. Oh , and I took shallow breaths because those mammoth arms didn’t allow for much else . After several moments of gasping like a guppy, he let me go. I sucked in air. I was getting a little dizzy wi th all the strangling that had been going on tonight.
         “So,” I tried to sound light , but I was terrified and confu sed , and this man knew me better than anyone else did. “Why do you think I’m still abov e ground ? ”
         He sighed heavily and went to the door. It was cold in the garage , and I was grateful to be going in. “I don’t know. T hey exposed themselves , and they are trying real hard to make themselves look innocent . I t wouldn’t do to start out by choking the life out of young women in front of twenty or so witnesses, right ?” H e said, unlocking the door. “Maybe they’ll be good for