He was not as strong as Silas, though, and naive to what a mate would do to protect the other. I was more than happy to show him that, though. I kicked my leg out, swiping at his feet, and the second he went down, I leaned forward with my canines out and caught him before he fell with my teeth in his neck. I clamped down, ripping through every tendon and windpipe of his throat before launching him to the other side of the cell, all before Silas could get to me and shove my head into the concrete. My head rocked painfully, and I reeled as his hand went around my throat, his long fingers closing my airways, his teeth baring next to my jaw, but I met his eyes with a glare of my own. “Kill my vampires, and I will pierce every part of her skin with my teeth. Then I’ll watch the poison slowl

