After the Recital: Victoria & Leon & James
Leon's jaw shut with a snap and his hazel eyes darkened when James looked at him. What could he say? Tell Victoria that James was a manipulative monster who was preying on her somehow, though he couldn't prove it? Tell her James had manipulated him with human blood that made him react like he never would have under normal circumstances? He couldn't tell her James' further reaching plans for the coven that he suspected. He couldn't say James had drugged him so that Ben could bite him and who knew what else in the janitor closet.
Leon swallowed, just wanting to get away from James and feeling the childish need to be near his sire. Victoria was perceptive. She'd spent time with James before and surely she knew he was not normal. She must know. James couldn't just be trying to make his life a living hell, could he?
"Nothing," he finally said, eyes shifting to the hand that James had on Victoria's waist before looking away. Leon shook his head and finger-raked his hair back. "I'll see you later."