Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #9)

by J.R. Ward

But given that Butch was a half-breed, he couldn’t dematerialize and where the hell could he run to?

Although vampires could dematerialize, as a half-breed, that handy I Dream of Jeannie trick was not in his repertoire.

“The body was dumped here,” Veck said. “Had to be.” “Her.” Veck looked over, his dark blue eyes smart and unfazed. “I’m sorry?” “She was dumped here. That’s a person. Not a thing,

And when folks needed a hand with the body,

But here he calls her a body

At the door, he paused and looked over his shoulder. “I came to you, Jane. Every night this week, I came to you. I didn’t want you to be alone. And I didn’t want to sleep without you.”

“What’s going on? And yes, it’s none of my business. But I want to know anyway.”

As a half-breed, that guy was grounded, literally incapable of scattering his molecules to safety.