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"I’ll take you ho Too far and you’ll get lost You don’t know Austin yet And it’s dangerous out there"

"Dangerous? I’ vampire, Daet ho No point since Da ot in He wasn’t completely stupid with lust because he started the car and drove me back to the shop in silence He parked and put his hand on mine when I reached for the door handle

"Don’t be mad at me, cara I act the beast because you’re such a desirable woman" He pulledacross it, I would have punched hiht in his Roman nose He raised his head

"A man would have to be made of stone or like Frederick to not make a move on you"

"So this was my fault?" I jerked my hand from his and opened the car door "Fine I’ when I said no, that’s a violation of the vaivable"

"You said no, but you whispered yes, in your mind"

"Stay the hell away fron now said Open and I could see movement inside Lacy wasn’t supposed to come in until six-thirty but maybe she’d come in early I breathed and tried to cal because, SOB or not, Damian kne to rev me up His car still idled at the curb and I could feel hi me He knew better than to speak in o inside in exactly three seconds, he’d probably take another shot No I hated hieneral Let him read that The bells tinkled as I stepped inside

Chapter Seven

"Enjoy your night, Gloriana?" CiCi was counting out change to a custo and glanced at me, then did a double take

"I’d say she did" The wo and winked before heading toward the door

"Whisker burn and love bites And that was a good-looking ht he was experi with hetero-sexuality The experiunned the va as he drove away

"I don’t think so" The wohty boy?"

"Nasty, not naughty" I ran a hand over my hair and pulled up my collar Of course Damian hadn’t erased the bites He’d been proud of thereat shop, by the way Austin needed a quality vintage-clothing store And open all night I’ot off duty Too wired to sleep, so this is pri tireat shop was closed when I dropped by earlier, Gloriana That woman just spent three hundred dollars and we almost missed the sale Thank God she didn’t want to use her credit card I have no idea how to do those, you know" CiCi slaht ere to be open twenty-four hours"

We’d almost missed the sale? Obviously CiCi had decided she was my partner and maybe she deserved to be, the way she’d helped rateful to her, I was sole proprietor here It said so on the papers Freddy’s lawyer had filed for ency I had to leave" I looked down a little late to ency" CiCi plucked a red rose from the vase and waved it toward the door "I would say so If nasty, naughty Daer at me, I’d certainly never look back"

Wow I sat down in the nearest chair This was an interesting development CiCi had the hots for Damian Well, who didn’t?

Not Glory St Clair, not after the past hour

"You want Damian? He’s all yours"

"No Obviously he wants you whether you want hi it’s been a while since I’ve taken a lover" CiCi held the rose to her nose and sighed "Too long I will remedy that immediately" A horn honked "Freddy’s here To pick ets here?" I ju the lecture and reopening the shop I really did have an e about a white-haired va The vamp didn’t even bother to erase the marks, much less the man’s memory Damian helped me take him home"

"A white-haired vampire Yes, I know such a one A very handsome one, in fact But in Austin? This is news to me" CiCi walked to the door and waved at Freddy "I’ll tell Frederick about this We s here We’ve been able to enjoy our life because we don’t call attention to ourselves" CiCi so"