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Richard rong He didn&039;t knock on the door while I was on the phone caliven her for her rudeness, that it was e Waves of sub up
Edas grinning at me He had moved to one of the soft chairs "Did you just spend nearly twentyhurt her?"
"Yes"
He laughed, a wide, abrupt sound The slow to his face His eyes glittered with so darker than hu, but it wasn&039;t pleasant
He slid down in the chair, base of his skull resting on the back, hands clasped over his stomach, ankles crossed He looked utterly coood little olves everywhere?"
"I don&039;t think they&039;re used to people shooting and killing them At least not on first acquaintance"
His eyes simmered with some dark joke "You went in there and killed soht? Hell, Anita, I&039;ve been down three times and haven&039;t killed anyone yet"
"How long have you been in town?"
He looked atmoment "Is that an idle question or do you need to know?"
It had occurred to ht lycanthropes and leave no trace If any human could do it, it was him
"I need to know," I said
"A week, toone empty They were as cool and distant as any of the shapeshifters&039; last night There&039;s more than one way to become a predator "Of course, you&039;ll have to take istration, but I could have changed hotels"
"Why would you lie to me?"
"Because I enjoy it," he said
"It&039;s not the lie you enjoy"
"What do I enjoy?"
"Knowing so, not easy for hiraceful "Egotistical of you"
"It&039;s not just fro secrets for the pure hell of it"
He smiled then, a slow, lazy smile "You do knoell"
I started to say, we&039;re friends, but the look in his eyes stopped me His stare was a little too intense He see me as if he&039;d never really seen , Edward?"
"That you ive me a run for my money"
"What&039;s that supposed to e"
I stared at hi who&039;s better?" I ive me the answer I wanted
"Yes"
"Why?"
"I won&039;t do it You know "
"Don&039;t go all spooky on me, Edward"
"It&039;s just for the very first ti if you would win?"
He was scaring me I was armed, and he didn&039;t seem to be, but Edas always armed "Don&039;t do this, Edward"
He sat up in one liquid un was halfway out of its holster when I realized he hadn&039;t done anything but sit up I let out a shaky breath and eased the gun back into the holster "Don&039;t play with et hurt if you do"
He spread his hands wide "No ames I would like to knohich of us was best, Anita, but not enough to kill you"
I let ht, he meant it If we ever did do this for real, he&039;d tell s Surprising your victis too easy
There was a knock on the door I juh he hadn&039;t heard, still staring at me with his spooky eyes I went to the door It was Richard He put his arainst his chest and was very aware that I couldn&039;t pull a gun very fast clasped to Richard&039;s body
I drew back first and pulled hily at me I shook my head "You remember Edward?"
"Anita, you didn&039;t tellRichard" Edward&039;s voice was pleasant, nor what it would be like to kill me His face was open, friendly He walked across the room with his hand outstretched He was a superb actor
Richard shook his hand, looking a little puzzled He glanced at , Anita?"
"Can you set up theit My steak is getting ice cold," Edward said
I sed hard "You&039;ve seen the movie before, and you still ordered steaks Why?"
"Maybe to see if you could eat after watching it"
"You competitive bastard"
He just smiled
"What movie?" Richard asked
"Eat your steak, Edward We&039;ll watch after you&039;re done"
"It bothered you that much?"
"Shut up and eat"
He sat down on the edge of the bed and started cutting meat The meat was red Blood oozed out of it I walked towards the bathroo to be sick, but if I watched hioing to hide in the bathroom You want an explanation, colanced at Edward, then back toon?"
I pulled him into the bathroom and shut the door behind us I ran cold water in the sink and splashed it on"Are you all right?"
I shookdownit there a minute Edward hadn&039;t warnedwould have lessened the impact How much impact did I want Richard to endure?
I turned to him, towel still clutched in my hands He looked worried, all tender concern I didn&039;t want hiht hours ago? It seemed less and less real
"The movie is a porno flick," I said
He looked startled Good "Porno? Are you serious?"
"Deadly," I said
"Why do I need to see it?" A thought seemed to occur to him "Why did you watch it with hier in his voice
I laughed then I laughed until tears ran down my face, and I was too breathless to speak
"What&039;s so funny?" He sounded a little indignant
When I could speak without gasping, I said, "Be afraid of Edward, but never be jealous of hihter had helped I felt better, less dirty, less embarrassed, even a little less horrified I stared up at hireen sweater that had ended up on my kitchen floor earlier He looked wonderful I realized I didn&039;t In my oversize sweatshirt, complete with bloodstain, jeans, and sneakers, I had lost several notches in the cuteness ga I didn&039;t want to go back out there I didn&039;t want to watch the ain I certainly didn&039;t want to sit in the saht marry and watch hi?
Would it excite hi? I looked at his very human face, and wondered
"It&039;s lycanthropes and a human in the film"
"They&039;re already for sale?" he said
It was my turn to look surprised "You know about the film? You said &039;they&039; There are more of theainst the door, sliding down to sit Indian fashion on the floor If he&039;d stretched his legs out, there wouldn&039;t have been room for both of us
"Explain this, Richard"
"It was Raina&039;s idea," he said "She convinced Marcus to order some of us to participate"
"Did you" I couldn&039;t even say it
He shook his head Soet me in front of the cameras For those that need to hide their identity they use masks I wouldn&039;t do it"
"Did Marcus order you to?"
"Yes These da in the pack Everyone higher in the structure could order me around If Marcus okays it, they can order you to do alal"
"Wait The filainst the law in soh the cracks on the law"
"Nothing else illegal goes on in these films?" I asked
He stared up at me "What&039;s on that film that makes you look so scared?"