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Noah Fox bade his financial adviser good night, then went to theand gazed down at the driveway below As soon as he was certain the man was off the premises, he called downstairs and inforht and would have no further need of their services

Going into his bedrooner dress shirt, slacks, and loafers and donned a pair of black sweats and tennis shoes It was a si seen

He had not fed for several days, preferring to hunt the night when the hunger was clawing at his vitals, when the driving need for sustenance added zest to the chase,the reward all the sweeter

He had always harbored a secret yearning to be an actor, and he indulged the fantasy when he was on the hunt Solish lord: polite, polished Soant At other ti pirate; soht, he pretended he was just an ordinary ht walk

At one time or another, he had hunted the plush homes of Beverly Hills and the cardboard shacks of the homeless, plundered the beaches, roamed the desert resorts andon the young and the old,females were his prey of choice He loved the smell of them, the taste of them, their innocence and vulnerability

He licked his lips as he walked down the deserted street Dark-gray clouds hung low in the sky He was passing an alley when he felt it: a heaviness in the air It made every hair on his body stand at attention

He had never been a coward Even as a mortal, he had feared little, but he was afraid noithout knohy

A gust of jasmine-scented wind slapped his face and he whirled around, his gaze probing the night "Who is it? Who&039;s there?"

His only ansas silence, and a feeling of being closed in by an otherworldly power stronger than his own "Show yourself, daination, or did he hear a faint sound of hter?

It had been decades since he had known fear, but he felt it now, creeping down his spine, coiling around his insides like the cold bony fingers of certain death Was this what his victims felt as he closed in on the that, no matter how fast they ran, there was no escape?

And he was running now, skiround with preternatural speed, yet the other stayed close behind hi him out of the city toward the se of the town

Trees and thick shrubs rose up before hie from the terror that stalked hi into the dirt, hoping to find sanctuary deep in the earth Too late, too late A strangled cry escaped his lips as a hand closed over his shoulder and lifted hilihed with relief - until he looked into her eyes How could such a beautiful woman have such hellish eyes?