Twice Bitten (New Moon #1)

by Belle Harper

a big, older man with hair the same blond color as the hot guy in front of me came barreling through the cops and into the hallway. “You can’t take him, you blood-sucking bitch. Just try me! We will fucking kill you. He is ours, not yours.” I could see the guy across from me slightly flinch. I turned my head to see Shelly exit her office. She had such a casual air about this whole situation, like there wasn’t some overgrown man screaming at her tiny five-foot frame. “As I have told you, Thomas, time and time again, if you don’t stop using your nephew, I will take him. He was caught again this morning, doing your dirty work. I pulled strings to keep him here. If I let Keene and Stoker take him in and officially book him, he’ll be gone for many, many years. I only hope he is smart enough to leave you all and never go back.” Oh man, this uncle was physically shaking. His fists were balled up, and he growled low as Keene and Stoker held him back. The way he was slightly unsteady on his feet and the way he smelled told me all I need to know about this guy. Drug addict. Was he going to hit Shelly? She was so tiny compared to him. Animal. “Go, Uncle T. I’ll come back.” I looked over and saw the guy watching his uncle, who made a deep growling sound again in his chest. I sat back in my chair a little more to get farther away from him, but that was a bad move. He saw me, and his hazy eyes turned on me. “What the fuck are you?” He sniffed at me, and his brows furrowed. What the hell...