Chapter 49
LEXI POV
The vampire is staring at the wall, his back to me.
I feel around in my pocket. Good. My phone is still there. I pull it a little to see the screen showing there is no signal. I cuss inwardly. And then inspiration strikes. I press record and slip it back in my trousers.
"What do you want?"
"I should think you would know by now."
Cain lets out a wild laugh that echoes and bounces wall to wall. I think he means to be intimidating, but he comes across as mentally unstable, and desperate. He turns around overly dramatically.
"So, you're going to kill me after all," I say. "That's why you marked me?"
"Mark?" he sobers. "I'm merely correcting a mistake. I made no such mark."
I look around. There's nothing else I can use to distract him. I have my words and nothing more.
"Then, who?" I whisper.
He comes closer.
"Cain Luther," I say.
I feel a small sliver of satisfaction at the momentary surprise that flickers across his features.
"What is it that you want?"