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He stood stiffly "You lured her here, didn’t you, Reggie?" he asked coldly "Why?"

"Because," Jade said softly from behind him, "she is Valeria"

"Lena? Suzette?"

The door to Lena’s cottage was standing open

Tentatively, he pushed it open The place was dark He heard a giggle

"Drew!" Suzette said from the darkness

"Drew’s come to play!" Lena said, her voice husky, sultry

"Hey, cooing in Already, it see He could smell…

Blood

And it looked as if there was a body on the floor

"Drew!"

Suddenly, Suzette was in front of hilazed

She reached for him Somehow, he knew to step back It was her eyes

And, of course, the fact that she was naked

"No, no! Coed

"We can play!" Lena, every bit as sleek and sultry and bare, was right behind her She licked her lips slowly as she looked at him

Scream Grant had said that he should scream

He did

"No fun, no fair!" Lena howled

He turned and ran Seawater Liz had said to head for sea-water

Drew headed for the beach and plowed in He stopped, turning back They had paused on the beach

Lena giggled

Then they started coirls were several feet into the water, about to plunge beneath it

He heard a sharp command snapped out from the beach

"Stop!"

Suzette and Lena both froze

Staring toward the sand, Dre Clay Barton Lucien, my husband’s name is Lucien, the woood vaood vampire?

But both Suzette and Lena slowly turned They walked like docile little laed froood vairls

Once situated behind the irls Now, their faces were just blank It was really a bizarre sight, the two of theel and sultry Lena, buck naked in the breeze, staring at theto need to restrain theo! They’ve become… harpies There’s… there’s soe!" Drew said

"And you’re walking away and they’re free, coht behindthe path toward his cottage "Hey, please, try not to drip on ht into the water!" Drew said

"They haven’t turned--they’re just under the influence," Lucien said

"Under the influence, huh? I couldn’t just have friends who got drunk or did drugs, noooo, my friends have to turn into half-vaaze "You want to turn into one yourself? I didn’t think so So colance behind hi at Lucien’s side

"You bet!" he vowed nervously

Stephanie awoke feeling the cold She wasn’t in pain, she was sih

Instinct warned her that she was in danger

She opened her eyes slowly and carefully

At first, she saw only the gray-toned slab of rock Puzzled, she shifted her gaze Despite her resolve, her eyes widened