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She regarded him warily She didn’t believe for a minute that his idea of a rescue would match her own

"Now?"

"Is that a problem?"

"Actually, yeah It’s a problem"

"Why?"

"Because I don’t trust you"

His features hardened There was a restless energy that hummed about him and filled the air with heat

"And you trust the vampire?"

She smiled wryly "I think it’s more a matter of the ’devil you know’ So far he hasn’t harmed me"

"So far? Are you willing to risk your life on a vaed It sounded incredibly stupid when he said it like that Then again, would it be any less stupid to allow herself to be rescued by a ho had started all her troubles in the first place?

"Why would you want to rescue ht silence, as if he was debating whether or not to simply toss her over his shoulder and be done with it

Darcy tensed, quite prepared to screaave a shake of his head

"Would you believe that I’ave a soft, husky laugh "I will not deny that I have need of you"

"What would a olf need with h the room and washed over her bare skin

"You know?"

Darcy sed a sudden lump in her throat Maybe she shouldn’t have ht be the sort of information he didn’t want bandied about

Still, it was too late to pretend ignorance now

"Yes"

Salvatore leaned forward and sniffed the air about her "You don’t seehtened"

She took a step back She had encountered any number of oddballs over the years Hell, most people considered her an oddball But she wasn’t quite co sniffed

"If you wanted to hurt ht" The tension in the air eased and the enticing smile returned "I have no desire to hurt you In fact, I will kill anything and anyone who attempts to har, but you still haven’t toldme"

"I will tell you once I have you free of the vampire If he were to know your worth he would reat

That was all she needed A reason for a dangerous vampire to kill her

"I don’t knohat you mean by worth I’m just an uneducated bartender with less than fifty dollars in the bank"

The dark eyes held a heat that was"Oh no, cara, you are most certainly priceless"

"Why? Whyto do withto do with your blood"

Darcy caught her breath, her si ofhe hadher face in his hands

"I will reveal all once you are in entle, but Darcy batted his hands aith impatience

"Stop that"

He merely smiled as he backed toward the door "If you want the truth of your past, you must come to me, Darcy I will send word to you in a few days with a plan to help you escape Until then" He gave a sh the doorway "Oh, cara"

"What?"

"You will need to return to the shower Vampires possess an uncanny ability to smell olves"

He disappeared froh

"Gripes"

Salvatore slipped through the shadoith a shi as it should

He had devoted thirty years to searching for Darcy Thirty goddaed to track her down she was snatched froh to make any olf snap and snarl