RUBY.
I wasn't sure how to react to what James had done. I stood there silently, gaping at the dismembered bodies and the pool of thick, dark blood that was oozing across the black and white tiled floor. "Are you ok?" james asked, his voice pulling me from my shock. I nodded, still not sure what to say. "Thank you," I managed to splutter after a few minutes. "There is no need to thank me. I meant what I said to that lowlife. I follow your lead, not the orders of Tristan Black, and certainly not those two imbeciels," he said, smiling at me. I was sure that his smile was meant to be reassurring, but being smiled at by a vampire is somewhat like being smiled at by a lion. I was just grateful that this lion was on my side.
My thoughts turned to William. If Tristan wanted me brought to him as
