(Author's POV)
"Elixir? What kind of elixir?" Alaric was quick to ask.
Iris cut in, "It's a secret healing curative that I am going to prepare personally. For that, I need all the necessary components." Chris added, "I am not asking you to get it for my master. I will be the one getting it myself. But~ ..."
"You have a long list of 'buts', Secretary Shadow. It's like never ending," Dion commented in a quirky tone. "Just get straight to the point. What do you want?"
"What I ask of you is that, can you all, protect the master in my absence?" Chris finally said it.
"Protect, the Vampire King? Us? Why? Why will we do that?" Dion asked, his brows wrinkled. "You sure have many vampire fellows who can do that, umm."
"Secretary Shadow, why do you want us, the werewolves, the Lycans, to play Mr. Larson's bodyguards?" Alaric questioned bluntly.
"Because~ …. there is no one that can be trusted here," Chris stated.
