The funny thing was that Mitchell wouldn't believe a word that came out of Carrick's mouth.
He closed his eyes and strained with the pull of fingers in his hair, fighting against Carrick even as he resigned himself to silence, fingers tight against the vampire's shirt while he did his best to keep from actually fighting.
When he opened his eyes again, he was glaring at the wall, working through so very many options he might have to get around the no killing Carrick clause in the contract. The vampire would suffer for this. All of it.