Half an hour later they gathered in what Katelina had come to think of as Oren's study. There were four vampires in all; Oren, Jorick, Anya, and the male with dark hair and eyes who Jorick informed her was Fabian from Oren's old coven; Jesslynn's brother.
They were all barely seated when Fabian demanded angrily, "Do we have to have the human present?"
"Yes," Jorick replied smoothly, as he caught Katelina's hand and pulled it onto his leg. Their chairs were close enough to one another to constitute a single piece of furniture.
"I don't see why," Fabian continued with outrage. "You should have left her at your den."
"Enough," Oren said quietly and raised his hands to signal for silence. "Jorick is here because Kateesha has already attacked his den once and attempted to kill his hum- Kat
