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"See, Ray? It’s unpredictable Think this through" I held on to his ar silent I liked hi Then I couldn’t see the stony disapproval on his handsolances he divided equally between Ian and Ray

"It won’t last all day?" Ray uncapped his bottle and sniffed "What’s in this stuff?"

"Not one dose anyway And the formula’s reat, Glory You want to keep this up, we can work so out Make a special deal Recruit new clients and I’ll give you the supplement for free"

My breath stalled Forever a size six?

"That’s a hell of an offer" Ray grinned "She’s gorgeous, isn’t she?"

"She certainly is One of my best success stories"

"Too bad you don’t have a video" Ray obviously had visions of hs weren’t anywhere near camera ready

"Oh, but I do" Ian picked up a ree" The screen lit up "Before" There I was, stuffed intocool rocker chick as I stood next to Ray on Ian’s deck

"Nothing wrong with that, babe" Ray squeezed my waist "Nobody fills out a T-shirt like my woman"

"Thanks, Ray" But when I saw the "after" picture, obviously taken just h My beautiful dress Like a flan, my waist looked impossibly small And my hips! Even my face looked thinner Yep, I had cheekbones

"Very dramatic What do you say, Glory? Want to keep it up?" Ian froze the picture To tease uess

"No thanks, not interested I’d have to chase down runners every night and I don’t like taking advantage of mortals Then there’s the fact that your supplehtue me" Ian picked up my wrist and inhaled "I’d like to draw a blood saht help me make my products more effective"

"Rather not" I snatched my hand away Ian was a scientist And I kneas only trying to help vamps realize a drea out daylight to the average working vah price too I didn’t want to beco hi house calls No thanks

"Your decision, of course But if you change your ot co this Your boyfriend and his family have arrived, Glory"

"Ray is my boyfriend" I slidabout" I’d really hoped I’d talked Jerry into stalling his father,him to head back to Scotland

"I’ht that you and Jereether" Ian sed "But obviously Glory is so special"

Ray and Valdez both uys To lass toward the beach Hell, there was an ar each other One looked like the guys were ready for a re from 300 What woman wouldn’t be happy to share a towel or a plaid with any one of the buff hunks doing the stare-down out there? "I think Ian’s already got his hands full"

"Nothing I can’t handle But looks like the fangs are about to start ripping and tearing" Ian was surprisingly cal he was the prize in this blood war

"Ian, do so They’ll kill each other" I stepped out of his reach when I realized I would ht not care, but Jerry would feel obligated to take lanced at Ray He knew Ray wasn’t going to harht In a fight, I had no doubt where Ray would line up