Again fury swept me, but I somehow kept my sword by my side as I walked past Marshall.
"Take the second door on the right," he said, his expression wary, suggesting he knew exactly what was going through my mind—although I guess that wouldn't have been hard given the expression I was no doubt wearing. It certainly felt dark from my side of things.
I walked into the indicated room. It was much the same as the first one, only this one had a small sink area, a medical kit, and a couple of towels sitting to one side of it. Obviously, he'd had this room prepared for us.
I swung around as he came into the room behind us. "Have we your guarantee that this is the end of the tests?"
"There will be no more tests, no more disturbances in this place," he said. "I guarantee it."
"What about the dead? Won't that cause problems given the highly charged atmosphere in the main bar?"
His smile was cool, almost arrogant. "There will be no further trouble from any vampire in this place."
Meaning he could have stopped the onslaught if he'd so desired. Which also meant he was far more powerful than I'd been suspecting. But then, if he was Hunter's creature, I shouldn't have expected anything else.
"Good," I grumbled. "Now, if you could turn on the TV on your way out, I'd very much appreciate it."
He gave me a somewhat sardonic bow, then hit the control panel to the left of the door and left. The light screen came to life; the room was being mopped out, readied for its next customers.
I took a deep breath and released it slowly. It didn't do much to ease the churning in my stomach or the anger still trembling through my muscles.
Azriel sheathed Valdis and walked toward me. "How is your back?"
I shrugged. It hurt like a bitch but there wasn't a whole lot I could do about it, so there was little point in complaining. And hey, in comparison to what the Raziq had done, it was hardly more than a scratch.
He touched my bleeding chin, studying it for a moment, then motioned me to turn around. I stood my ground. "You can't heal me, Azriel. Any use of energy might just warn the Rakshasa of our presence."
"I'm well aware of that." Though there was little in his expression, his tone was somewhat annoyed. "I merely wish to see how bad the wounds are."