Davy Harwood in Transition (The Immortal Prophecy 2)

"Lucas Roane. I own this nightclub."

"I know. We know. It's why we came here." Pete glanced around, a sense of unease teased at the edge of his surface. "I know that you and Emily know each other from college and that you were somewhat dating her roommate, Davy?" He looked to her for reassurance and she sighed and sat forwards again.

"Do you know where Davy is?" Emily asked in a husky voice.

"I'm your last resort, aren't I?"

She jerked her head in a nod. "No one knows where she is. I can't get a hold of Kates. I don't know Davy's family and that blue lady can't find her either. She was freaking out the last time I talked to her. She said that no one could 'feel her on this world's aura' whatever that means."

"So you came to me." Roane nodded and caught Gavin's eye in the same movement.

'What are you thinking?' Gavin thought in his head.

Roane spoke to Emily, "And you've called the police?" He looked at Gavin. 'We need to get the Alpha out of here. He has the Immortal essence in him, Talia's mother. He can't know what we know about Davy.'

Gavin's eyelid twitched, but no other muscle moved on his face. 'Didn't the police report say that he showed up at their room the day Davy disappeared? Do you think he has something to do with it?'

Emily frowned, playing with a napkin on the table. "The police have no idea what happened. Davy was in the room with us and then it's like she just disappeared. Our dorm has video surveillance on all the exits and she's not in any of them."

Roane knew all of this. He read over every document, every witness testimony that the detectives had gotten from the event. None of it made sense to him except one item. It was tied to the Immortal. It was the only thing that made sense. If a vampire had been able to take her, he would've known by now. If another supernatural species had found out about her, he would've known too. He was linked to her and he agreed with the 'blue lady'. Davy wasn't nearby, maybe not even in the country or in their time line. The Immortal had infinite powers. She could be in another universe and he had no idea how to find her.

He smiled politely. "Unfortunately, I haven't heard from Davy for awhile before she went missing. We'd called things off because of, well for various reasons."

Emily ducked her head down and sucked in her breath. Pete glanced at her, but then understanding dawned. He jerked his eyes back up and stared at Roane. Lucas knew it was coming, felt the wolf sniffing through every layer of thought and emotion he had in him, but he steeled himself against the investigation. Yes, Pete knew there was history between Emily and Roane, but he was just now starting to guess the true nature of that history.

Then with a distant smile, Roane thrust Gavin from his head and met the Alpha full force. 'She didn't tell you the truth, did she?'

Pete sat back, shocked and enraged. His lip started to quirk upwards in a growl. 'She told me you two were friends, nothing of what I'm getting from her now. Were you lovers? Did you throw her away once you were done as vampires always do? You discard people who care for you, treat them like garbage.'

Roane's eyes narrowed. 'Emily had a crush on me. That was it. Your mate has never had any sort of relationship with me other than that of a classmate. That is all. We were not even friends. Search her mind. You'll find the truth.'

'I don't go in her head unless she wants me to. I respect her privacy.'

A cruel smirk came over Roane and his eyes mocked. 'That's the biggest piece of bullshit I've ever heard a wolf tell me. You bulldoze your way through her head and heart, sniffing under every emotion she has, any memory from her past. You didn't find me because I'm telling you the truth. She had a school girl crush on me, still does apparently. And it means nothing to me.'

Pete's eyes went feral and he surged to his feet.

Roane stood to meet him, calm as he smiled in his adversary's face. Gavin followed at a slower pace, but grinned in excited anticipation. He had a cocky glint to his eyes as he waited for the wolf to pounce. He thirsted for it even.

Emily sucked in her breath. The blood had drained from her face.

Gavin winked at her. "Don't worry, love. The two baddies need to figure out which is the alpha and who's the loser." Then his eyes found Pete's and he said with more promise, "Because there's always only one Alpha."

Pete drew back his thoughts and his fury was quickly gone. He forced a smile and looked down to grab Emily's hand. After he pulled her up and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, he laughed and forced a carefree note. "I can tell that Roane cared for Davy. If he knew where she was, he'd tell us. He misses her as much as you do." A sinister smile came over him as he thought, 'You're right about one thing. I can tell that Davy meant more to you than you want to admit. It's all over your thoughts. You're as desperate to find her as Emily is, but you're not as scared as her. You know more than you're telling. I intend to find out what that is.'

Gavin narrowed his eyes. 'Go and pee somewhere else. This isn't your territory. It'd be a shame if a vampire decided to sneak a little taste from your lover. You know how powerful those spells can be, don't you…or have you already tasted the last vampire that's been in her?'

Pete snarled and showed his teeth.

"Pete!" Emily gasped as she clutched onto his arm.

Alerted by the sounds of a werewolf, the vampires surrounding them dropped their conversations and turned. They squared off against the werewolf.

Gavin taunted, "Everyone here knows what you are. They stayed away because you seemed that you were under friendly terms. Those terms are gone and even a wolf as powerful as you can't take everyone here, not when there's a hunter in the room."

Emily squeaked and fell down. Pete caught her with one arm as he glared across the table at both vampires. "I could kill both of you in a heartbeat, then thirty more before any of them could touch me."

"They'd get her." Roane narrowed his eyes and watched as Emily seemed to swoon unsteadily on her feet. 'She doesn't know who we are. If you hope to protect her, you need to tell her everything.'