Chapter 41:- ...
He slips the cellphone away and returns his vampiricly calm attention to us. “If you'll excuse me, ladies, I'll be off. I've got to prepare slides for a presentation at work.”
“But I made you.” I hate the pleading note in my voice. “What about your request for me to teach you? That we could work together as a team?”
He halts. He frowns, turning his cool blue eyes towards me. “You were right. We're lone killers, and thinking gives our kind a headache. Whereas I must keep a clear head to assemble the slides.”
When he makes to regain the street, Mean-eyes steps into his path.