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Grigori paused in the dooratching Khira as she glided across the floor and took a seat on the edge of the bed Itice white gown, the velvet black bedspread against the white carpet

"I think you will be comfortable here" Her hand slid back and forth over the bedspread, graceful, sensual Suggestive

He shook his head "I want a roo finger "I&039;hed softly "Only mortals are bothered by such foolishness"

"I promised Marisa to be faithful when I took her as my wife I will hunt with you I will stay here in this house with you But that is all"

Khira glared at hier

Careful to keep his expression blank, Grigori waited, saying nothing Would she threaten Marisa&039;s life again?

If she did, if he thought it wasshe asked Until the tihts

But Khira&039;s flash of anger was gone She s her sense of power, knew she was certain that no

"One of the things I have always loved about you was your old-fashioned sense of rown it after all these years" She pouted prettily "But I won&039;t take advantage of you yet"

She rose in a graceful swish of white silk "Coht awaits"

Marisanow? What was Khira doing now? She was angry, angrier than she had ever been - angry at Khira for her outrageous dery at herself for being angry at him He loved her; she knew that without a doubt Knew that was the only reason he had gone with Khira, and yet

"And yet, nothing," she muttered She had no doubt that she would be dead - or worse - by now if Grigori had refused the vaori in Khira&039;s arether, silver ht and black shadow

How could she endure a whole year without hio visit her family for a while, and perhaps she would And she needed to call Linda They had been such good friends when Marisa orking at Salazar and Salazar, but since the wedding, she had cut herself off froood to see her ht up on her life, but not no she wanted to screaraceful neck

"Damn!" She sniffed back her tears She would not cry She wouldn&039;t! But the tears welled in her eyes, rolled down her cheeks If she et through all the ones to come?

Tom Duncan strolled down the town&039;s ht before Ra married! It was unbelievable, unthinkable Vampire hunters never married It was an unwritten law He had known Ed Raether more times than he cared to recall He had saved Ramsey&039;s life; Ramsey had saved his They couldn&039;t have been any closer if they were blood kin, and that hy he knew so Ramsey, but what?

Duncan paused at the curb It was h time with his last kill They had weathered bad patches before and co at Ra bad, so bad Ramsey wouldn&039;t talk about it

Duncan crossed the street, his hands shoved in his pockets Whatever was bothering his old friend, he would discover what it was, sooner or later

He swore under his breath What the hell kind of friend was he? So Raood vah places It shouldn&039;t be too hard to find out where Ramsey lived, now that he had taken up a pere license on file

The following evening, Tom pulled a piece of paper out of his shirt pocket and double-checked the address Unbelievable What had Raht a place like this? It looked like a Hollywood set for one of Christopher Lee&039;s old vampire movies

With a shake of his head, Tom stuffed the paper back into his pocket and switched off his car&039;s engine If this was old Ed&039;s idea of home sweet home, then Ra

He walked up the drive, cli the bell, and listened to it echo inside the house Daave him the creeps

He s there "Hi Is Ed ho you?"

"No, just thought I&039;d drop by and say hello Is he holanced over her shoulder, then stepped backward "Come on in"

He followed her down a dark entryway into the living room

Ramsey did not seem surprised to see him, which kind of surprised Duncan

"What the hell are you doing here?" Rarunted "I&039;m happy to see you, too"

Ramsey smiled faintly "Come in I didn&039;tanyone; that&039;s all Sit down"

"But you weren&039;t the least bit surprised it was lanced froht They both looked tense Especially Kelly She sat on the arnawed on a thu an address in LA should be child&039;s play to an old hunter like yourself What brings you here?"

Tom lifted one shoulder and let it drop "I was just bored and thought I&039;d look you up There&039;s vah"

Raed nervous looks

Tom stood up and shoved his hands in his pockets "I think I came at a bad time"

Ramsey also stood up "As a o out to dinner"

"Mind if I join you?"

"We would love to have you join us," Ra to a friend&039;s house Kind of a private party for the bride and groom You understand?"

To: do you knohere Khira holes up?"

Rauess?"

"I really don&039;t know"

"All right Sorry to have bothered you"

"Tom, wait If you find her, be careful Chiavari is with her"

Duncan raised one brow "Chiavari and Khira? What brought that about?"

"You ht around a little"

"I don&039;t follow you"

"You don&039;t have to I just wanted you to know that you o after her"

"I see Well, thanks for the tip It was nice to see you again, Kelly"

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