"I'd rather be getting my hands dirty." Riley replied, letting his hands open slowly. He looked down and saw that blood had come to the surface, his skin mottled in the shape of small crescents on his palms. He let out another growl and rolled his eyes up to the ceiling with a gravely sigh. "I hate this." He muttered, "When did we become so beholden to their rules?" He asked, glancing over his shoulder at Tao, meeting the vampire's eyes. "We're stronger than all of them."