"Where is Jacques, that I might guard him?" "Jacques is safe," Gregori informed him tersely. Byron's dark eyes flashed at the implication. "I have guarded Jacques, as you have Mikhail. Do you think I would harm him?" Gregori regarded him for a long moment, astonished that Byron would dare to question him. It was a measure of the man's loyalty to Mikhail's brother that he would chance crossing the dark one. "He is safe," he reiterated, this time in a far gentler tone. "I do not want any tracks leading to him when we do not know who is spying upon our people." Byron studied Gregori's expressionless features for a brief moment and then nodded his head in agreement. "Where do we meet for the hunt?" "The caves," Gregori answered. "Where is that soil?" Impatience edged his dark tone. "You wanted the best, and it was a distance from here," Aidan answered, striding in."