“That was a foolish and dangerous move you made in there,” Sophia said as she walked out of the council building and back onto the flagstone street of the undercity.

I rolled my eyes and stuffed my hands in my pockets.

“It worked though, didn’t it?” I asked rhetorically, “We’ve got free rein to do what we want now, the council are going to be off our backs, and neither of us is dead.”

“It worked by the skin of your fangs,” She said with a short sigh, “If I’d known you were going to be this reckless I would have left you to bleed out on the steps of that club.”

I grinned at her, she was talking a big talk but there wasn’t any heat behind her words. It seemed like she was more relieved than anything else.

“Yeah right, I bet you’ve loved having me around so far,” I said cheekily, “So, come on, what’s the plan now? We’ve dealt with the immediate crisis, we’ve fed on some humans so the thirst is gone, what are we doing next?”

Sophia was silent for a moment as she considered my questi