Raven had her head down, not looking at him at first. She could sense he had a feast of emotions brewing below the surface, and it was all she could do not to reach out and feed. He would keep her satisfied for awhile, she was certain.

"Cassidy offered me her blood yesterday," she said. "I did not want it to be her, but I could not find you or Kennedy and I could wait no longer. And she invoked Protocol."

She raised her head and...despite everything, now it was an effort not to laugh because ears and tail what.