The pressure of Tao's palm against his throat caused the piece of silver to sink deeper into his skin. Riley let out a yowl of pain that soon descended into a hiss. He choked against Tao's hand, thrashed in protest, all of his body prepared to jump and kill the cold bastard dead for slandering the pack. Riley had known that his predecessor was weak willed and conniving, but he had never suspected that it would have gone deeper than the shallowest of cowardice. Riley had underestimated the depths to which Hank had sunk. Riley dragged one hand up Tao's side and pressed it into the vampire's shoulder, clutching him close as they kissed. He bit down hard on Tao's lower lip until he tasted blood again, and then released him and slid back down his torso. He eased his hands over Tao's thighs, leaned forward and, once again, wrapped his lips around the vampire's length. It was still savage, but he was not out to hurt the other man, instead it seemed that he was determined to kill Tao by pleasuring him as efficiently as possible.