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Rhys nodded "So they say"

"They also say that too much will kill you, and that some people come down hard, and soht The one and only time he’d had a chance to find out what it was like, and he’d been unconscious

"So they say" Rhys bared his fangs "It’s better straight fro white fangs What would it be like to taste vampire blood? He had tasted his own blood What huer or received a small cut and licked the blood away? It was a natural reaction But to drink vampire blood--Undead blood--to feel what it was like to be a vampire--the powerthe invincibilityhe wasn’t unconscious now What would it be like?

With a shake of his head, Alex sat back in his chair What the hell was he thinking?

Rhys laughed "Where’s your courage, hunter?"

Erik stared at the woly in his arms Never in all his existence had he expected to feel this way about awas possible Almost, he could believe he was just an ordinary ether A nice dream, but that’s all it was There was no place for them in the world he lived in, and certainly no place for him in hers

She smiled up at hio because he had put that s about?" she asked

"How incredible you are"

"You are"

"There is so about," Erik said "How did you find e?"

"I felt your pain, and I followed it" She frowned at the memory, then reached up to cup his cheek "How did you stand it? I’ve never experienced anything so awful, soI don’t know I can’t describe it"

Erik shook his head "How could you feel it? I blocked the link between us so that you wouldn’t"

"Well, I guess it didn’t work"

"You really are incredible" He kissed her lightly He hadn’t wanted her to knohat he was going through, had been afraid she would do exactly what she had done and ride to his rescue "My brave, foolish flower" He glanced out theIt was tio "It’s a quarter after eleven, Daisy darlin’"

"I wish you didn’t have to go"

"I know" Erik trailed his fingertips down her cheek "Don’t you think I’d rather stay here with you?"

With a sigh, Daisy snuggled closer to his side Soht, but not her She was addicted to a vah His kisses were as intoxicating as the touch of his hand--that big, powerful hand that was gently stroking her thigh,her quiver forshe couldn’t ask him to stay She didn’t trust Rhys Costain to watch out for Alex, but she knew Erik would take care of him, not because Erik cared whether her brother lived or died, but because he loved her

It was eleven forty-five when Erik followed Daisy into the living room Rhys was stretched out on the floor in front of the TV Alex sat on the sofa, going through his va with each tick of the ain "So, what have you two been doing?"

"Notthea mortal"

"Is that so?" Erik looked at Alex, one brow raised "Don’t tellthe ranks of the Undead?"

"Hardly" Alex glanced at his watch "Isn’t it about ti?"

"Finally" Rhys stood and le fluid movement

Daisy took Erik’s hand in hers "You’ll be careful, won’t you? You won’t let anything happen to Alex?"

"Stop worrying" Erik slipped his arave her a squeeze "We’ll be back before you know it"

"That’s right, kid," Rhys added as he went out the door "And your brother will be two hundred grand richer"

Chapter 35

Daisy blew out a sigh as the door closed behind Rhys Costain She tried to tell herself there was nothing to worry about Rhys was a powerful vampire Erik was a powerful va happened to Alex

But what if Rhys was just stringing the?

What if Rhys couldn’t be trusted?