Before Harris could react, a thin,
dark-haired man lunged at Rohan with a knife.
Rohan ducked, but the edge of the knife caught his
arm. Furious at the sight of his mate injured,
Harris swiped at the attacker, throwing him off
the balcony with the force of his hit.
Rohan laughed. “My hero!”
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Harris caught sight of blood dripping down
Rohan’s arm. He quickly grabbed some napkins
and pressed them to the wound. “Are you all
right?”
“Just a little nick, I’m going to go rinse off. I’ll
be right back. Wait here and behave.” Rohan
kissed Harris’ cheek.
“I don’t make any promises,” Harris grumbled.
He didn’t know what was wrong with that kid
who attacked Rohan, but he’d put an end to him if
he came after Rohan again. The last worries as to
whether Rohan would be a good mate or not
vanished. Harris wouldn’t feel this protective of
just anyone. Rohan was the one. The other half of
his soul.
He watched Rohan touch one of the stone foo
lions as he walked down the hall leaving a slight
trace of blood in his wake. Harris hoped the
cleaners noticed that and wiped it down. For a
moment, he thought the statue moved, but maybe
the stress of the night was getting to him.
“Are you okay, Harris?” A man dressed in a
suit with a name badge approached Harris. He
recognized him as Duncan, the theater general
manager. “I heard you were attacked by that guy
with a knife. He’s being held by security, and we
called the police. Were you hurt?”
“No, I’m fine. My friend was the one attacked,
and he only has a scratch.” Harris peeked over
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Duncan’s shoulder to see if Rohan was returning
yet.
“I’m sure the police will want to speak to you
when they arrive,” Duncan said knowingly.
Harris nodded. “Let us know when they get
here.” He looked nervously around at all the
people staring. He didn’t like being the focus of
the employees’ attention. He just wanted to leave.
He didn’t like Rohan being apart from him.
“Excuse me; I’m going to check on my friend.”
“Oh, of course. Let us know if there is anything
else we can get for you.”
Harris made some non-committal sound before
rushing after his vampire.
Rohan was emerging from the bathroom when
he approached. “Hello, beloved.”
“Are you okay?” Harris asked.
Rohan nodded. “I’m almost all healed.” He
held up his arm to show Harris the slight scratch
now barely a visible line.
The lights dimmed, letting them know it was
time to return for the second half of the play.
“How about we go home,” Harris said.
Immediately, he tried to bite back his words, but
they were already there like the giant elephant in
the room. He now considered Rohan’s mansion
his home. When had that happened?
Rohan slid his uninjured hand around Harris’
and tugged him toward the stairs. “Let’s go,
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beloved. I’ll need to make some calls and see if can
learn more about this attack.”
Harris reviewed the encounter in his mind. “I
don’t think it was random. The guy’s eyes weren’t
right, and he knew you were a vampire. I’m
thinking a sorcerer put him up to it,” Guilt
churned Harris’ stomach for tossing the guy. For
all he knew, the human had been enchanted with
no control over his actions.
“Hey, don’t beat yourself up about it. You
didn’t know. You were protecting your mate,”
Rohan soothed.
As they reached the bottom floor, they spotted
Rohan’s attacker. He stood in handcuffs,
apparently none the worse for wear except for a
bruise on one cheek from where Harris had hit
him.
“I’m sorry, man,” the brown-haired man said.
“I don’t know what happened. I don’t even own a
knife.”
“Uh huh,” the arresting officer flicked a gaze
over Rohan and Harris. “I’m taking him to the
downtown station. Come by and fill out a report
tonight. You have enough witnesses to
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