“Cinn, stay here with Asima and Dacian. If for some reason you can’t get the cuffs on him, Asima will try to control him until he comes around.”

Try was the operative word. Cinn didn’t want to believe Dacian would hurt her, but she’d seen the emptiness in his eyes that first time. No one home. She nodded.

“The rest of us will split up into pairs. Eric and Donna, Taurin and Kristin, Bain and his three demons, Holgarth and Edge—”

“Whoa, wait, stop.” Edge raised both hands in the air. “I work alone. No wizards.” He glared at Holgarth. “He’d run his mouth at me, and I’d end up killing him.”

Once again the building shook as Ganymede visibly fought to control his temper. “Did I give you a choice? Don’t remember that happening. Probably the most powerful weapon Stephan has is that freaking sorcerer. You think that’s a real snowstorm out there? Bet our sorcerer friend whipped that up while he was brushing his teeth this morning. What do you think he could do if he really concentrated? Oh, maybe drop the castle on our dumbass heads.”

Cinn swore she could hear thunder rumbling as Ganymede worked himself up.

“You think you can take him all by yourself, Edge? Bet you do. But you know something? I think you need Holgarth to help you. Neither one of you by yourself can bring him down. Holgarth’s already tried.”

Dacian evidently saw what she saw. Edge was working on his own power source, and he might explode into violence at any second. None of them needed the two cosmic troublemakers going at each other.

Dacian interrupted their stare-down. “Are there any humans left in the castle? If so, we need to do something with them. They won’t survive the night feeders. Stephan’s forces are always looking for an energy bar to keep them going.”

Ganymede closed his eyes and cursed. “Damn, hell, shit, fuck, and son of a bitch. I forgot about them.”

Edge evidently couldn’t help getting some of his own back. “Thought the Big Boss banned your swearing. Bet you just pissed him off big time.”

Ganymede opened his eyes and just stared at Edge. The other cosmic troublemaker subsided.

“Holgarth, bring them here. Tell them since we had to cancel the regular fantasies, Cinn will entertain them with tales of her amazing plants. Maybe even manage a surprise fantasy.”

“She will?” Cinn knew she looked horrified. What tales?

Bain winked at her. “I could give you a few.”

Dacian flashed fang.

Cinn widened her eyes as another thought hit. “You can’t bring a bunch of humans in here. It’s too dangerous.”

“Tough shit. You think they’ll be safer in the castle with all those vampires running around? When the bloodlust hits them, they aren’t too selective about whose throat they rip out.” Ganymede’s expression said his decision stood.