Everyone got quiet. "Who?"

"My mate, Dusty Meechum," she said to gasps. "In last night's attack, my mate stood alone against the Vampires that attacked. The leader, Master Snow, bit him in an attempt to give up the location of our father and the other hybrids. Erica arrived before he died, she and the New Orleans Coven taking out the Master and his people."

"If you killed him, how is Dusty being changed," Nikolai asked.

"We didn't kill him, but he doesn't have arms and his teeth are gone," Erica said. "The only way to save Dusty from the venom was to change him. I used him to start the...